Announcements will be made today by Deputy Minister of Health Vassilis Kontozamanis, about self tests, which from the beginning of April will be available free of charge for the citizens in the pharmacies……
According to information, Mr.. Kontozomanis, will specify that the tests to be selected, already in circulation in European countries, will bear the necessary European markings, but also security certificates.
also, Compulsory data for self-tests are also expected to be announced, both for the statement of result, to contribute to the epidemiological picture of the pandemic in Greece, while it is not excluded for some professional classes such as store employees to have a strict recommendation to take the tests.
Recall the 4 tests per month that will be provided to every Greek citizen with the demonstration of AMKA and will be absolutely free. There is no other price.
Mr.. Pierrakakis had said that a platform is being created where one can voluntarily state whether one is positive for the virus based on the self test "and then this will lead to the possibility for citizens to be able to take a free additional rapid test in public structures. There is no obligation for anyone to state this, because we believe in individual responsibility and that every one of our fellow citizens will be good to state it ".
The declaration of the results of the self tests is voluntary and not obligatory
It is not mandatory but voluntary to declare the results of coronavirus tests that citizens will do at home, said the Minister of Digital Governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis.
Mr.. Pierrakakis reiterated that a platform is being created where one can voluntarily state whether one is positive for the virus based on the self test "and then this will lead to the possibility for citizens to be able to take a free additional rapid test in public structures. There is no obligation for anyone to state this, because we believe in individual responsibility and that every one of our fellow citizens will be good to state it ". The Minister of Digital Government in fact, noted that self-tests will be administered in early April.
