面对来势汹汹的新冠疫情，欧洲多个国家已经针对未接种疫苗者推出了各种惩罚或限制措施。希腊宣布将对60岁以上拒打疫苗者罚款，奥地利拒打疫苗者将面临罚款或监禁，德国禁止未打疫苗者进入公共场所，法国则实行了更严格的入境规定。

 

Greece is to make Covid vaccinations² mandatory³ for people aged⁴ 60 and over.

希腊将强制60岁以上人群接种新冠疫苗。

 

Fines of €100 will be imposed at monthly intervals⁵ from mid-January on those who refuse, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.

希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯称，从1月中旬开始，将对60岁以上拒打疫苗者每月罚款100欧元（约合人民币721元）。

 

The money will go towards the Greek health system, which is struggling with a surge in hospital admissions.

这些罚金将流入因住院人数激增而承受重压的希腊卫生系统。

 

About 63% of Greece's 11-million population is fully⁶ vaccinated⁷, but data show more than 520,000 people over 60 are yet to get the jab.

希腊总人口1100万人，其中约63%已完成疫苗接种，但是数据显示，逾52万60岁以上人群还未接种疫苗。

 

"Greeks over the age of 60... must book their appointment for a first jab by January 16," the premier⁸ said in a statement to the cabinet.

希腊总理在提交给内阁的一份声明中表示：“60岁以上的希腊人……必须在1月16日前预约接种第一针疫苗。”

 

"Their vaccination¹ is henceforth compulsory⁹."

“今后将强制60岁以上人群接种新冠疫苗。”

 

The measure is still to be put to a parliamentary vote, he said, but lawmakers are widely expected to approve it.

总理表示，这一举措还需经议会投票决定，但是议员应该普遍都会投赞成票。

 

While countries have made vaccines¹⁰ mandatory for health workers and other high-risk workers, Greece will become the first in the EU to target a specific age group.

尽管多个国家已经强制医务人员和从事其他高风险工作的人群接种疫苗，而希腊将成为欧盟首个针对特定年龄段人群强制接种疫苗的国家。

 

Austria has announced that compulsory Covid vaccinations will start in February.

奥地利已宣布将于明年2月起强制全民接种新冠疫苗。

 

Syriza, Greece's main opposition¹¹ party, called the new measures punitive¹² and financially excessive.

希腊的主要反对党激进左翼联盟声称这一新举措是惩罚性的，而且罚金过高。

 

Mr Mitsotakis said the decision had "tortured" him but he felt a "heavy responsibility in standing¹³ next to those most vulnerable, even if it might fleetingly¹⁴ displease¹⁵ them".

米佐塔基斯表示，这一决定也让他“很煎熬”，但是他觉得“有责任和易感染人群站在一起，即使这样做在短时间内可能会令他们不悦。”

 

The virus has claimed more than 18,000 lives in Greece.

新冠病毒已经在希腊夺去了18000多人的生命。

 

除了希腊，包括奥地利、德国、法国在内的欧洲其他国家对拒绝接种疫苗者也推出了各种惩罚或限制措施。

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