Nikos Hardalias visits vaccination centre at International Fair (TIF) in Thessaloniki

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Deputy Civil Protection and Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias on Saturday visited and inspected the new vaccination ‘mega-centre’ set up at the facilities of the Thessaloniki International Fair exhibition space in Thessaloniki.

The centre will start to operate on Monday and, once it attains full capacity, will be the largest in the country. It will start off with 24 vaccination lines and 48 doctors, and these will be increased gradually, depending on the supply of the vaccine.

Hardalias said that everything was ready in terms of securing the staff and the logistics and construction aspects, with the three simulations carried out daily, while he highlighted the very good cooperation between all agencies involved and the role of armed forces healthcare personnel.

The centre is expected to be operating at maximum capacity in March, performing more than 6,000 vaccinations a day.

According to the general secretary for primary healthcare, Marios Themistokleous, there are currently more than 750 vaccination centres throughout Greece and almost 5 pct of the population, or more than 500,000 people, have already been given the vaccine.

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