Greek authorities have stepped up controls at the country’s ports this week after a new spike in COVID-19 cases linked to the Delta variant was reported on some of the country’s popular islands.
During his visit to the port of Piraeus on Friday, Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Ioannis Plakiotakis urged people to get vaccinated and thereby win the war against the pandemic.
“Everything will depend on the course of the vaccination program. We urge people to get vaccinated,” the minister told journalists.
Currently, the number of travelers boarding vessels across Greece equals about 60 percent of the flow registered in 2019, he said, stressing that the authorities’ top priority is the safety of the visitors and the locals.
Greece step ups controls at ports amid Covid spike
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Greece step ups controls at ports amid Covid spike
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Unvaccinated hospitality staff will now be required to undergo weekly coronavirus tests, said Greece’s Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said on Thursday during a press briefing.
Hardalias said the unvaccinated employees in food and tourism sectors in six regions in Greece – including Mykonos, Santorini and Paros – will have to undergo two coronavirus tests per week as of Saturday.
The announcement comes following a sharp spikes in infections in the last week largely attributed to the Delta mutation of the virus which his by far the most contagious.
Hardalias said the new rule included the regional units of Mykonos, Rethymno and Iraklio (the latter two on Crete), and the towns proper on the islands of Ios, Thera (Santorini) and Paros.
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