Greek police use tear gas and water cannon during protest against Athens vaccine

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ATHENS, Aug. 29 (Reuters) – Greek police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a group of people who threw flares and other objects during a protest in central Athens on Sunday against mandatory vaccines against COVID-19.

More than 7,000 people, some with crosses, gathered outside the Greek parliament to protest the inoculations. Similar protests in Athens last month also suffered violence.

Approximately 5.7 million people out of a total of 11 million people have been fully vaccinated, and surveys have shown that most Greeks favor compulsory vaccination for certain groups, such as health workers and residential staff.

However, hundreds of front-line Greek workers protested on Thursday against a plan to make inoculations mandatory for the healthcare sector on September 1st.

Cases remain high in Greece, which has reported a total of 581,315 cases since the start of the pandemic last year and 13,636 deaths. On Sunday, 1,582 new daily cases were registered.

Baltic Coast Reports; Written by Angeliki Koutantou; Edited by Hugh Lawson and Barbara Lewis

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