The Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Health recommends the abolition of the mandatory measure on the use of masks in schools and universities indoors and outdoors from June 1. However, its use will be compulsory during examinations.
The test for unvaccinated teachers will be compulsory every week.
The Expert Committee's recommendation. The mask remains compulsory during examinations. Test for unvaccinated teachers one every week[/I]".
It will be recalled that on Monday, May 23, the promotional examinations for students of Classes A and B of the Daily and Evening High Schools began and will be held until Wednesday, June 15, 2022, while the final examinations for students of Class C of the Daily and Evening High Schools will be held from Monday, May 23, 2022 to Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
Please note that the Panhellenic examinations begin on Friday 3 June 2022. One day earlier, on Thursday 2 June, the examinations for EPAL candidates will begin.
Candidates of General Lyceums will be tested between 3 and 10 June and from 2 to 17 June for Vocational Lyceums.
In particular, the following are planned for the end of the teaching year and the Panhellenic examinations: 30 May 2022
End of all classes of general and vocational day and evening high schools: 20 May 2022
Start of Panhellenic examinations for day and evening general high schools: 3 June 2022
Start of Panhellenic examinations for day and evening vocational high schools: 2 June 2022
Start of Panhellenic examinations for day and evening vocational high schools: 2 June 2022.
What applies to the Panhellenic examinations
An important difference this year will be in the testing. Candidates in this year's Panhellenic exams, unlike in 2021, will not be required to submit a negative self, rapid or PCR test
However, the obligation to perform a rapid test will remain for unvaccinated teachers at their own expense.
With room spacing
Candidates in the examination rooms for the 2022 Panhellenic Examinations will be spaced at least one and a half meters (1.5m) apart.In order for the above spacing measure to be possible and to avoid overcrowding, more examination centres should be provided.
Finally, the examination rooms should have sufficient natural ventilation, i.e. from open windows.
Where the mask is abolished
It is recalled that a new relaxation of the measures against coronavirus was announced a week ago by Health Minister Thanos Pleyris. Pleyris had announced the abolition of the mandatory use of masks in all indoor and outdoor areas from June 1 to September 15, 2022.
Speaking about the decisions of the expert committee, the minister said that the mask is abolished both on airplanes and on long-distance transport where there is a numbered seat, such as trains and long-distance buses. The mask is also abolished for then workers in these places.
The mask remains in hospital units and elderly care units, but also in other health care facilities where its presence is deemed necessary for the time being, while those using urban transport such as city buses, metro, trolleybuses, trams and electric trains will have to wear a mask.
As for the training structures, the health minister said the committee will decide next week on what exactly will be implemented after studying all the data.
Thanasis Plevris made it clear that the removal of the mask's compulsory nature means that the administrative fine will not be imposed. Those who wish to continue to use the mask will be able to do so, and it is recommended that it be done especially by people belonging to high-risk groups and in places where each citizen judges that there could be a spread of the virus.
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