Covid-19: Rules to Enter Banks and Public Services in Greece

By admin 8 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

Greek authorities have imposed new stricter rules for entry into banks and public services, after a surge of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases across the country last week. Affecting mostly unvaccinated citizens, the new measures are in effect since Monday morning and until November 22. Citizens can access public services in physical presence preferably (but not exclusively)

Covid-19: Greek Tourism Ministry Calls for Extension of Quarantine Hotel Operations

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Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki called for the extension of leases which allow tourism facilities to provide accommodation for travelers found to be positive with Covid-19. Speaking recently in parliament, Zacharaki said the proposed amendment provides for the lease of tourism facilities in order to accommodate travelers infected with coronavirus during the winter

Covid-19: Unvaccinated Greeks Must Have Negative Test to Enter Banks, Restaurants

By admin 3 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Unvaccinated Greeks will no longer be allowed into banks, public services, restaurants, cafes, bars and entertainment venues unless they present a negative PCR or rapid test result, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Tuesday, following a spike in coronavirus cases this week. Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced a record 6,700 new

Greece Launches App for the Storing of Covid-19 Health Documents

By admin 3 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Greece has launched the Covid Free Gr Wallet, a new app allowing citizens to easily save Greek and European Covid-19 certificates on their mobile phones and tablet devices. Already available on App Store and Google Play, the app aims to facilitate the storage of digital health certificates for vaccination, recovery and testing as well as […]

Greece Considers Emergency Measures as Covid-19 Cases Spike

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Photo source: diaNEOsis Greek officials may be ordering a new round of measures to address a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, particularly in Northern Greece, where a large part of the population is still unvaccinated. According to public health data, Greece is now recording the highest daily Covid-19 infection rates since the beginning of the […]

Greece Lifts Most Covid-19 Restrictions Countrywide

By admin 6 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga; Health Minister Thanos Plevris; EODY President Theoklis Zaoutis. Photo source: Ministry of Health In an about-turn, the Greek Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that all restrictions for regions with high Covid-19 rates would be lifted, including curfews, as of Saturday, October 9. Health Minister Thanos Plevris, together with newly

Covid-19: Greece to Grant More ‘Freedoms’ to the Vaccinated

By admin 5 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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Photo source: Ministry of Health Vaccinated individuals in Greece may soon be granted more liberties including admission to indoor venues and live music events as the government prepares to announce a series of revised Covid-19 measures ahead of winter. The new set of rules to be announced on Wednesday by Health Minister Thanos Plevris may […]

Curfew and Music Ban for Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Kilkis and Larissa Due to Covid-19

By admin 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Greece’s color-coded Covid-19 risk-assessment map. Source: covid19.gov.gr Emergency Covid-19 restrictions will go into effect in the Greek regional units of Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Kilkis and Larissa as they were declared ‘red’ areas on Greece’s Covid-19 risk-assessment map. The General Secretariat for Civil Protection announced that as of Friday, October 1 and until

Greece to Allow Cruise Ships from Turkish Ports, Indoor Hotel Pools to Operate

By admin 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Greece’s committee of Covid-19 experts have given their approval for the country to allow the arrival of cruise ships from Turkey, the operation of indoor swimming pools in hotels and of conferences in closed spaces, said Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias on Thursday. Speaking to SKAI radio, Kikilias said the committee was open to allowing cruise […]

Covid-19: Greece Ready to Impose Measures in High-risk Areas

By admin 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Greek health authorities have ruled out the possibility of a country-wide lockdown but are noting that local Covid-19 restrictions will be ordered should the need arise. Most of Northern Greece is on high alert after a surge in cases there with the regions of Halkidiki, Larissa, Kilkis and Thessaloniki listed red as a result of […]