While vaccination became mandatory, this Monday, in Greece, for all caregivers and staff of homes for the elderly or disabled, ten employees of a retirement home in Volos were suspended, the same day, for have refused to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Faced with the spread of the Delta variant, Greece has made vaccination compulsory for all caregivers and staff in homes for the elderly or disabled.
Suspended "for an indefinite period"
According to the law, the employees of these establishments had to be vaccinated at the latest on Monday, otherwise they would be "put on temporary work stoppage". This is the case of ten employees of a retirement home in Volos, in the center of the country, including five caregivers and five administrators were suspended Monday "for an indefinite period", indicated the director of the establishment Pavlos Panos. , to local media.
Nursing staff in public hospitals and private clinics have until September 1 to submit to the vaccination requirement, according to the same law.
Fine penalties are also provided for in the event of an offense.
In Volos, where three residents of the retirement home have tested positive for coronavirus, a protest against the suspension of ten employees, with work stoppage, is scheduled for Monday evening.
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