Gov't mulls tax form plan to curb Easter exodus

The government sees Easter as its toughest opponent in the effort to implement restrictive measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, as this particular holiday season is traditionally accompanied by the largest mass exodus of the year of Greeks from cities to the countryside.

Bearing this in mind, the government is examining ways to persuade people that this Easter season, as its spokesman Stelios Petsas said, will not be "ordinary" as they will have to stay at home. 

To this end, the authorities are looking at ways to further tighten the already stringent measures limiting the movement of people from urban centers to the provinces to a bare minimum.

One of the scenarios that the Maximos Mansion is examining is to allow the movement through highway toll stations only of people carrying a copy of their income tax declaration which certifies their permanent...

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