RE-OPENING OF GREEK SCHOOLS

English edition

Vatopoulos: Closing classes only if half the students are COVID-positive was health ministry decision

The re-opening of schools during a major surge of the Omicron variant has stirred a feverish debate between political parties and heightened concerns among teachers and parents regarding how schools should operate.

English edition

Member of National COVID-19 Committee expects hike in cases after schools re-open

Regarding the vaccination of adolescents, Papaevangelou said that 25 percent of senior high school students [lykeio] have received the first dose of the vaccine, while only 13 percent of junior high school [gymnasio] students have been vaccinated.