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In Greece, citizens aged 60+ to face monthly fine for not taking Covid vaccine

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In Greece, citizens aged 60+ to face monthly fine for not taking Covid vaccine

Starting Monday, Greece intends to impose fines on all people aged 60 and over who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19, in a bid to boost lagging vaccination levels and reduce pressure on healthcare.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the elderly the easiest way to avoid the tax is to get vaccinated.

“For the few compatriots over 60 who are still unvaccinated, I encourage them today: take this step,” he said on Saturday. “It’s not a matter of fines, yes there will be fines, but that’s the bare minimum. . Protect your life, protect the lives of your loved ones, and know that vaccines are safe.”

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Greek authorities say unvaccinated people still face a high risk of being hospitalized with the coronavirus. In Greece, 9 out of 10 coronavirus-related deaths are in people 60 and older, and 7 out of 10 people hospitalized with the virus are over 60. Eight in 10 of them were not vaccinated. From Pandemic to Endemic: Can 2022 Succeed, Where 2021 Fails?

About 520,000 elderly people in Greece had not been vaccinated before the mandatory vaccination was announced in November, according to the health ministry.

Since then, some 220,000 people have rolled up their sleeves. Of the remaining 300,000 people, some will be eligible to apply for waivers for medical reasons.

Those who persist could be fined 100 euros ($114) per month. Greek tax authorities will directly fine those who have not been vaccinated, and the money raised will go to hospitals fighting the outbreak.

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Spokesman Ioannis Oikonomou said on Thursday that the government had exhausted all other means of persuasion.

Like much of Europe, Greece has seen a record number of daily cases this month due to a highly contagious variant of the omicron. The death toll related to the new coronavirus is running at a similar level to the peak of the previous wave.

About two-thirds of people in Greece are fully vaccinated, below the EU average.

Complete News Source : Hindustan Times

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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