The first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus was received today by the members of the Council of Ministers who have not already been vaccinated, except for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Christodoulidis, who, due to his absence for official reasons, will be vaccinated on Monday.
The members of the body were vaccinated in the morning at the Vaccination Center that operates at the State Fair in Nicosia, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, who in his statements stressed that "what matters is the vaccination and not the vaccine" .
President Anastasiadis stated that "we have come en masse, following a unanimous decision, for all members of the Council of Ministers to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, to send a strong message that what matters is the vaccination and not the vaccine."
"To send a message that the minimal number of side effects observed can not be an obstacle to mass vaccination, which will create the prospects of the herd's immunity, but also will give the opportunity to open the economy, to regain its freedom. people, to live a normal life ", said President Anastasiadis.
He called on all citizens not to be affected by what is written or said, noting that "so far more than 38 million people in the UK have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca and there have been very few side effects."
"Therefore, once again I call on all the Cypriot people who remain unvaccinated: Do not choose. Get vaccinated. "What matters is the vaccine and not the vaccine," he said.
Asked if there is room for easing the restrictive measures during Easter, the President said that "the epidemiological team will decide after examining all the data".
The Ministers of Defense, Finance, Justice, Energy, Health, Education, Transport, Agriculture, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, the Deputy Minister of Shipping, the Deputy Government Spokesman, the Secretary of the Council of Ministers and the Director of the Office were vaccinated today.