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Prime Minister said that as long as this upheaval lasts, there will be a not-at-all insignificant support from the state to help you with your costs and added that from the beginning of January there will be a state subsidy for energy costs for all production units.

Mitsotakis stressed that vaccination against the coronavirus remains an absolute priority, despite the fact that epidemiological data shows a prospect of de-escalation.

Within a year (December 2021-December 2020), natural gas prices soared 135.7%, electricity prices jumped 45%, heating oil was up 34.1% and fuel up 21.7%.

During a regular briefing, the minister said that anti-viral pills for Covid 19 will be administered under similar criteria to the same groups of patients that qualify for them.

Plevris reiterated that the hospitals in Attica region are being reinforced with additional beds and that doctors in northern Greece will be requisitioned as of Wednesday.

He highlighted the importance of booster shots in this context, saying that Greece had started early and thus had sufficient time to build up a wall of immunity.

During a briefing, the doctor said that on December 30 Omicron accounted for 82% of all infections, and one day later the rate had climbed to 89% of all infections.

The obligatory use of masks in and out of classrooms and the suspension of school trips are still in effect, Education Minister said, adding that current measures at universities and vocational schools will remain as is.

According to National Public Health Organization (EODY) head Themistocles Zaoutis now 70% of admissions to hospitals of Attica, Greece's most populous region, are also related to Omicron.

The new Supplementary Capitalization Insurance Fund for the supplementary pension, also promoted as an 'individual piggybank' system when it was voted in September 2021, gives employees a choice of three investment plans.