Αssociated Press reports from Athens that the first vaccines against the coronavirus have arrived in Greece.
The first 9,750 doses arrived overland, crossing from the Bulgarian border in the north Friday evening, with the van carrying them escorted by six police cars, a video taken at the border indicates.
Vaccinations will start at five Athens hospitals Sunday, with health personnel and elderly residents of nursing homes.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President of Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou will be vaccinated on Sunday. A total of 42 government, military, and police officials deemed essential to the functioning of the state, as well as opposition leaders, will also be vaccinated in the first days.
On Monday 28 December the vaccine will be distributed to COVID referral hospitals.
The second batch of 83,850 doses of the same vaccine is expected to arrive until December 30, 2020.
Read the full report at thenationalherald.com
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