Three-stage plan for easing restrictions

With Greece having received widespread plaudits for being one of a handful of countries to curb the coronavirus pandemic relatively effectively, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is on expected to present a plan on Monday or, more likely, Tuesday, for gradually easing those restrictions.

In a speech to the nation, Mitsotakis is expected to provide details of a three-phase scheme that aims to restore a significant section of the country's social and economic life by the end of June. 

The initiative will likely involve interventions along the way depending on the evolution of the pandemic, with the possibility of restrictions that are eased being reimposed if experts deem that to be necessary. 

The three phases are to begin in early May, late May and mid-June, with rising temperatures in summer expected to slow the pandemic. 

The first phase will involve...