Within the context of actions taken to encourage vaccination with a booster dose as a measure to strengthen immunity in teams of the inhabitants the place a decline in immunity is noticed over time, the Council of Ministers accepted a proposal by the Minister of Well being, Mr Michalis Hadjipandela, to grant a particular go away of absence to working residents who’re vaccinated with a booster dose, which is not going to be deducted from the worker’s annual go away of absence or earnings.
The go away of absence is granted for your complete day of the vaccination and staff should present their employer with a duplicate of the Vaccination Card for affirmation. The choice considerations staff of the general public, wider private and non-private sector.
It’s recalled that staff could also be absent from their work on the times of vaccination with the first and 2nd dose, once more with out the times being deducted from the workers’ annual go away of absence or earnings. An analogous arranement applies to oldsters accompanying their minor little one for vaccination, supplied that they supply their employer with a duplicate of the kid’s Vaccination Card for affirmation.