Greek police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse and gathered in central Athens on Saturday to protest the mandatory Coronavirus disease Vaccination.
This month, more than 4,000 people gathered outside the Greek Parliament for the third time to oppose the mandatory vaccination of some workers, including health care and nursing staff.
Athens, Greece-July 14: Anti-vaccine protesters participate in a rally in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece on July 14, 2021, two days before the government announced mandatory Covid-19 vaccination for all health workers. (Photo by Dimitris Lampropoulos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).
An unnamed police official said that some protesters threw petrol bombs, prompting the police to respond with tear gas.
The rally on Wednesday was also violently disrupted.
Recent polls show that since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, most Greeks will have a chance to fight COVID-19, which has claimed 12,890 lives in Greece. Of the 11 million people, approximately 45% are vaccinated.
With the increase in cases, Greece has ordered the vaccination of health care and nursing home staff, and urged school teachers to vaccinate in time before the start of the school year in September.
Athens, Greece-July 24: Greek police detained anti-vaccine protesters at a rally on Syntagma Square in central Athens on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Thousands of people protested against the measures taken by the Greek government to curb the rising COVID-19 infection. (Photo by Dimitris Lampropoulos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).
Nearly 2,500 cases were reported on Saturday, bringing the total number of infected people to 474,366.
-A report by Vassilis Triandafyllou; a work by Angeliki Koutantou
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