"We are relaxing because we have another form of the virus, which although more contagious than all the previous ones, causes milder disease than the previous ones so there is a risk to public health of a completely different magnitude than the one we had 6 months or a year ago," Mr. Exadaktylos told ERT.
"We are relaxing because 80% of adults are vaccinated and a very large percentage with the third dose. We are relaxing because we have two drugs at this time, which we did not have a few months ago," he said.
"Restrictive measures have less of a role to play and there is no reason to waste financial or social or psychological resources where they are not needed," he said.
Asked about the use of masks in the summer, Mr Exadaktylos replied that there would be no need.
"With the current data and the current course, which we hope will be maintained, we will be able to have a normal summer," he said.
Recall that Health Minister Thanos Plevris stressed yesterday, Friday, that "as we head towards summer we want the restrictive measures to be lifted," clarifying, however, that this is a process with dynamic characteristics and noted that by Easter a number of measures will have been lifted.
Source: cnn.gr
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