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Government plans to scrap 100-euro fine for unvaccinated elderlyGreece’s Health Ministry is considering abolishing a fine for unvaccinated people over the age of 60, most likely in April, Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga said Wednesday.
Fine on unvaccinated to be abolished on April 15, could return in Sept.A 100-euro fine imposed on people over the age of 60 who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be scrapped on April 15, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday in parliament, during a debate in Parliament over a Finance Ministry draft bill.Plevris clarified that tax authorities will collect the 300 euros accumulated over three months since the measure was introduced. However health authorities will examine whether it should be reintroduced next September, “therefore, it is being suspended for the coming months,” the minister said.
Road tax by the month to be activated in MayThe 120,000 car owners who have taken their vehicles off the road will be able to use them again as of May by paying a reduced road tax.Straight after Easter the Finance Ministry will activate the mechanism for the monthly payment of the tax for any owners wishing to take it up.Payment and return to the road will be done without any penalties imposed. Therefore, charges for three months will be a straightforward three-twelfths of the annual road tax, six months will amount to half the annual amount etc.
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Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, expert warnsProf Danny Altmann, immunologist at Imperial College London, says UK’s approach fails to take the impact of infections seriouslyLong Covid could create a generation affected by disability, with people forced out of their homes and work, and some even driven to suicide, a leading expert has warned.In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Prof Danny Altmann – an immunologist at Imperial College London – said that the UK’s current approach to Covid fails to take the impact of infections sufficiently seriously, adding that more needs to be done to aid diagnosis and treatment of long Covid.
‘New kind of light’ kills almost all microbes in a room and could prevent next pandemic, scientists sayLights can be installed just like normal lamps – and make the air inside as safe as outside A new type of ultraviolet light kills almost all microbes and could help avoid the next pandemic, researchers say.The lights are safe for people and took less than five minutes to drop the number of indoor airborne microbes by over 98 per cent, according to the researchers who create it.As such, the lights could be installed in the ceiling and help clean the air and stop transmission of diseases such as covid or the flu – and help avoid similar pandemics in the future.The technology is called ‘Far-UVC light’... is simple to install, it’s inexpensive, it doesn’t need people to change their behavior, and above all it’s a safe way to prevent the transmission of any virus, including the COVID virus and its variants, as well as influenza and also any potential future pandemic viruses,” said Dr Brenner in a statement.
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QuoteBoost for OAPs as pensions could rise 7% next year with return of triple lock protectionThe state pension ‘triple lock’ will be honoured again until at least the next general election, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said yesterday.She pledged in the Commons last night that the Government would reinstate its commitment on retirement benefit increases from next year.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10637647/Boost-OAPs-pensions-rise-7-year-return-triple-lock-protection.html
Boost for OAPs as pensions could rise 7% next year with return of triple lock protectionThe state pension ‘triple lock’ will be honoured again until at least the next general election, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said yesterday.She pledged in the Commons last night that the Government would reinstate its commitment on retirement benefit increases from next year.
Pensioners face biggest cut in state benefit in more than 40 yearsRetirees will be £308 worse off as state pension fails to keep up with soaring inflationBritish pensioners will suffer the biggest loss of income since 1980 and be among the hardest hit by the cost of living crisis, as the state pension will fall by hundreds of pounds in real terms next month....
Vampire appliances: the electronics sucking your wallet dryAppliances left on standby account for almost a quarter of Britain’s electricity use. Turns out your gran was right to go around switching things off at the wallA recent study by British Gas estimated that as much as 23% of our electrical usage can be put down to so-called vampire energy.
Hundreds of UK police officers have convictions for crimes including assault, burglary and animal crueltyPolice employ at least 211 officers and PCSOs with criminal convictions, but most forces refuse to disclose the information.
‘Dire’ Met Police takes on 100 officers with criminal records in the past two yearsDamning report finds ‘fundamental flaws’ in Scotland Yard’s anti-corruption safeguards
Scandal-hit Met Police receiving less than half of applications it needs ‘but does not know why’‘Is it because of concerns around the Met as an organisation and culture and standards? We do not know yet’
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