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Greece’s Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Tuesday said that more time should be considered before a hard lockdown is imposed Athens and Attica. He stressed that the results of the tightening over the measures since last Saturday should be awaited.
“More time should be given” Georgiadis said short after the Health Minister announced that he will recommend a hard lockdown in Attica, similar to the one in March 2020.
“Such a recommendation will obviously be taken very seriously when it comes from the health minister, who is responsible,” Georgiadis said. He added, however, that he is “not sure what a ‘generalized’ lockdown means when the country is already on lockdown.”
Updated two-tiered systems launched in Greece as COVID-19 cases grow
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Greek authorities on Friday said they would put back stricter lockdown restrictions in greater Athens after a January decline in infection rates was reversed this week.
The Greek government also announced a streamlined two-tier system of epidemiological alert nationally that shares the essential obligatory health rules, such as wearing masks and sending SMS (text messages) to authorities before leaving home, and new curfew times for selected areas.
In a live briefing on Friday, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias announced stricter restrictions for Attica retail stores.
Night curfew in Greece remains in force
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The night curfew in Greece remains in force, despite the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
Furthermore, supermarkets have had to reduce the number of customers they serve at any one time by up to 60% due to the stricter measures.
The curfew runs from 9pm-5am.
If people breach the measures, they face on the spot fines of €500 and up to €1000 for businesses.
Speaking on
SKAI radio, Athens University microbiology professor Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, who is member of the committee advising the Greek government on pandemic management, said there are no plans to lift the curfew as it helps “reduce unnecessary crowding.”
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Scrap collectors and other pedestrians cross a road in central Athens, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) 1/20/2021 The National Herald
ATHENS - While retailers, hairdressers and nail salons are open again in Greece - with conditions - after an already lenient second COVID-19 lockdown was eased, the New Democracy government isn’t ready to do the same for restaurants, bars, taverns and other non-essential businesses staying closed.
A government source not identified told Kathimerini the are no plans to open other sectors even though Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is eager to prop up an economy battered by five months of being closed in the last 10 months.