Greece begins administering Covid-19 vaccines outside churches

Michalis Vardakis, 73, receives a dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine outside the church of Virgin Mary, during a vaccination in the town of Archanes, on the island of Crete. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greece has begun administering vaccinations for Covid-19 outside churches as a way of encouraging more people to get the jabs.

Mobile National Health Organisation units began administering the vaccine in a church yard in Archanes, a town near the city of Heraklion on the southern island of Crete.