Hard personal attack on the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the occasion of the self test, unleashes the SYRIZA-PS, in a statement.
«Mr Mitsotakis behaves even in the pandemic as Siemens' most loyal salesman. From the “call centre” giveaways to the “free self-tests” to a pandemic on the road,» he says.
It goes on to say: «The only European company that has been approved for self-testing is Siemens. Coincidentally, just a few days after their approval in Germany, the government of Mr.Mitsotakis tried to pass the midnight of the eve of the National Anniversary, photographic call for expressions of interest with a deadline of 1,5 days for the supply of 10 million tests.
Mr Mitsotakis does not care about:
- The calls from experts and the opposition for the obvious for a year: prescription and reimbursement of molecular tests by EOPYY and massive targeted checks on outbreaks of hyper-transmission (workplaces, public transport, schools, highly vulnerable structures).
- The significantly reduced reliability compared to molecular tests.
- The fact that “will be declared on a platform on an optional basis”, so they will not contribute significantly to the epidemiological picture of the spread, isolation and tracing of cases.
- The fact that even if someone tests positive with the “free” self test, then they have to pay for a regular molecular test for confirmation, so zero benefit for the citizen.
- The directive of the ECDC which stresses that, the self-test can only be used as a supplementary tool and in no way replace molecular tests.
- The fact that there is absolutely no organisation as to how such a large volume of tests will be distributed and the complete ignorance of pharmacists.».
Mitsotakis is a loyal salesman of Siemens - Instead of prescribing tests, he gives tens of millions to Siemens for self-testing.
[Announcement by the Press Office of SYRIZA - Progressive Alliance - https://t.co/IiAeDscYbz] pic.twitter.com/x07pqXhKtv- SYRIZA (@syriza_gr) March 25, 2021
