PM Mitsotakis: ‘War against the coronavirus continues, but victory is now visible’
File photo: “Let’s walk these last few steps before the spring of our freedom”, Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed. ANA – MPA/ ANA – MPA/ PM PRESS OFFICE/ DIMITRIS PAPAMITSOS
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The war against the coronavirus continues, but victory is now visible on the horizon, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an article he penned for the Saturday edition of daily newspaper TA NEA.
Marking one year since the coronavirus broke out in Greece and the first infection reported on 26 February 2020, the Greek Premier noted that victory will come sooner if everyone stays careful and feeds strength from all the difficulties which have now have been surpassed. “Let’s walk these last few steps before the spring of our freedom”, he stressed.
“Keeping up with health safety restrictions and preventive measures is the way to move ahead until vaccines have provided coverage for the entire country,” he noted, “because then the target will have been achieved. The first year of the coronavirus in Greece will become history as the first and last year of the pandemic in the country”, he underlined.
Greece defended itself successfully against the many difficulties that arose from the pandemic, he pointed out, and “despite losses, the economic and social fabric stayed standing, solid, and became more dynamic, armed with valuable experience”.
As vaccinations are unfolding and citizens feel more confident against the virus, “recovery is now clearly visible, more so than ever before during the pandemic”, he highlighted.
This adventure, as the Prime Minister called it, has provided many valuable lessons: “It is not possible to outline the government’s policy in its entirety during this time, but it is also hard to describe everything that has been achieved,” he noted, “with some of the key achievements being the growth of digital assistive technology as regards to e-learning and telework”, he pointed out.
“Citizens feel that the state is standing by (…), because the state was, and still is, very much in the here-and-now for them”, concluded Mitsotakis.
Source: ANA – MPA
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