Self-diagnostic coronavirus tests will be mandatory for several types of workers in the public and private sector said Labor & Social Affairs Minister Kostis Hatzidakis at Wednesday’s live briefing, according to ANA.
This decision concerns workers in the retail sector, supermarkets, and coffee shops and restaurant delivery personnel; it also affects public transportation employees and cleaning services workers, hairdressers and beauty salons, and also staff in betting shops. All these workers will have to self-test once per week to be allowed to attend their work duties.
In the public sector, court clerks and officials, workers at Citizens Bureau Services (KEP) and local administration offices, as well as home-help staff and cleaning crews, are the types of workers who will also have to self-test, added Alternate Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis at the same briefing.
Tests will be distributed for free through pharmacies to staff registered on the Labor Ministry database ‘Ergani’ and staff must self-report the results online, as do teachers and high school students. Hatzidakis also detailed fines that will be imposed if employers or employees fail to follow guidelines, while Kontozamanis noted that staff not providing negative test proof at work will be subjected to curtailed wages.
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