Greece to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for over-60s
ATHENS, Greece – Residents in Greece over age 60 will be fined more than $110 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, under the first general COVID-19 mandate announced by the country’s government.
The measure was announced in response to a surge in cases and the emergence of the omicron variant. It will come into effect on Jan. 16 with the fines to be added to their tax bills, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised announcement Tuesday. Greece’s death toll exceeded 18,000 with confirmed infections at record levels.