Inoculations of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine began in Greece on Sunday – in line with other EU countries – with the first recipient being the nursing supervisor of the ICU ward in the country’s biggest hospital, Evangelismos in Athens.
Head nurse Eustathia Kampisiouli’s vaccination was shown live on television, followed by a resident in a nursing home; the third person vaccinated in the country was president of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. She was received by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, an orthopedic surgeon by training.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was vaccinated at the Attikon Hospital in west Athens, where he was first shown filling out a relevant form and then waiting for his turn to be “jabbed”.
