New measures announced as lockdown threat looms

This weekend is billed as pivotal to the question of whether additional, more stringent measures are needed to contain the spread of the coronavirus, including an outright ban on the movement of people. 

According to reports, if people comply with the guidelines issued by the government and the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) not to make unnecessary movements, the measure of a general lockdown will be shelved. Otherwise, the measure will, reports said, be inevitable.

For his part, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made another public intervention on Friday via video on Twitter, demanding that people help break the chain of contagion by showing individual responsibility and following the strict guidelines. Mitsotakis had earlier convened an emergency meeting of government officials which led to the announcement of restrictions on ferry travel to the...