Fri 10 September 2021:
Greek authorities have introduced measures to crack down on fake vaccination certificates after a worker at a vaccination centre allegedly provided more than 40 people with false documents.
The Associated Press reports that Thanos Plevris, the health minister, said that parliament approved fines of 5,000 euros for each bogus vaccination, recovery, or test certificate issued. Private health centres that issue fake documents could be fined up to 50,000 euros.
People planning to commit these acts should know that they will be fired, they may face criminal prosecution, and they will have to pay a lot of money,” Plevris told state ERT TV.
He said the penalties will be more severe if the use of fraudulent documents could be linked directly to an outbreak.
Greek health authorities announced 2,132 new cases of the coronavirus for the 24-hour period ending 3pm Friday, as well as 32 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 611,648 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 14,102 fatalities.
Of the new cases, 18 were identified after checks on incoming travellers to the country.
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