Greece announced, on Wednesday, that the pandemic restrictions like wearing masks in the indoors as well as Covid certificates will end for the duration of the tourist season in summer. authorities are looking at reinstating these restrictions in September.
Coronavirus cases in Greece have decreased in the last few weeks, as authorities recorded 15,000 cases in the past week and 64 people died on Monday. In an 11 million population of people, around 72percent are completely vaccination-free.
The vital summer tourist season in Greece typically starts after Orthodox Easter holiday, this year it falls on the 24th of April. Greece expects a record number of tourists this year, with estimates of revenues that could reach 80 percent of levels for 2019 an unprecedented year prior to the pandemic stopped travel. The Health Minister Thanos Plevris has said it was the government’s decision to relax limitations was “based on epidemiological evidence and recommendations from experts.”
From May 1 through August 31, the general public is no longer required to carry coronavirus vaccine or health certificates to enter open or indoor places like eating and using restuarant, and the authorities are also looking at removing the requirement for presenting documents such as an EU Digital Covid certificate to enter the country.
Masks are also not required. inside will no longer be obligatory as of the 1st of June. Students will be able to return to school after the Easter break and not have to present a negative self-test every day. Plevris stated that every measure will be evaluated in September.
Greece is among the most visited summer tourism locations in south Europe has attracted over 33 million tourists in the year 2019- the majority of them originated from Britain or Germany. This industry makes up about five percent of the GDP and employs one out of five people.
