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 The country's bio-ethics committee last month recommended compulsory
shots for health workers and staff at elderly care facilities only
"as a last resort measure" with a specific time frame if efforts to
encourage inoculation proved ineffective.
"The government...has got the relevant recommendation by the
national bio-ethics committee regarding mandatory vaccinations for
specific professional groups," government spokeswoman Aristotelia
Peloni told a briefing on Thursday. Relevant decisions would be
announced next week, she said.
There has been debate about whether mandatory vaccinations are
ethical, though a poll released by Greek Skai television on
Wednesday showed the majority of Greeks were in favour of the move
for specific groups dealing with the public.
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 On Thursday authorities
reimposed curbs on restaurants, bars and
nightclubs, allowing seated customers only, out
of concern about a recent resurgence in COVID-19
infections driven by the more contagious Delta
variant.
About 38% of Greece's eligible population is
fully vaccinated and the government has offered
incentives to entice more people to get the
shot, including cash and free mobile data for
youth, aiming to bring the rate up to 70% by the
autumn.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou and George
Georgiopoulos; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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