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Greek Prime Minister pledges to receive COVID-19 vaccine on 1st day of mass vaccination

Moscow, Dec 21 (Sputnik) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday that he will receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Sunday, the day the mass vaccination campaign rolls out in the country.
"I have pledged to get the vaccine on the first day it becomes available in Greece," Mitsotakis said during a meeting with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, as quoted by the Ekathimerini newspaper, adding that the vaccine has been approved by all the competent authorities.
According to the prime minister, with the start of the vaccination, the biggest challenge would be to convince the public that the vaccine is safe.
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