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ATHENS,\u00a0Greece\u00a0(AFP)\u2014 Some 10,000 health workers in Greece faced being suspended as a deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ran out on Wednesday, a union said.<\/p>

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From September 1, inoculations become mandatory for health workers, and those who don\u2019t comply will not be allowed to work.<\/p>\n

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Protests broke out on Wednesday morning in front of hospitals throughout the country to oppose compulsory vaccinations and to highlight the consequences of mass dismissals on the country\u2019s health services.<\/p>

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According to estimates by the National Federation of Public Hospital Workers, some 10,000 health workers, or 10 per cent of the workforce, had not been jabbed by Wednesday.<\/p>

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More specifically, the ambulance service will have to work with 1,245 less personnel, financial newspaper Naftemporiki reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pushing health workers to be vaccinated, but we are against compulsory vaccination, which poses a democratic problem,\u201d Dimitris Kourouvalakis, a member of the executive committee of the federation, told AFP.<\/p>

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The federation has called for a strike on Thursday morning, and protests in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece\u2019s second biggest city.<\/p>\n

Health Minister Athanassios Plevris said Wednesday that the legislation bringing in mandatory vaccinations, which was voted in July, \u201cwill be implemented.\u201d<\/p>

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The government is now trying to find measures to fill the gaps, such as suspending holidays for health workers who have been vaccinated, to ensure that services are fully operational.<\/p>

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It also plans to move ahead with a reshuffle of healthcare workers within hospitals, mergers of clinics, the replacement of those suspended with auxiliary staff and partnerships with the private sector.<\/p>\n

According to the government, over 90 per cent of patients currently hospitalised with COVID-19 are not vaccinated.<\/p>\n

More than 5.7 million in a 10.7-million-strong population are fully jabbed.<\/p>\n

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