Health experts wary of arrivals from abroad

As Greece prepares to open its airports to international tourism, health authorities are wary of the risk of a flare-up of the coronavirus epidemic after 12 passengers flying into Athens from Doha tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 earlier this week.

Their concerns that Greece faces a challenging summer appear to be backed by the numbers, too. Data from the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) show that in the 10-day period from May 24 to June 2, 25 of the 69 new cases that were confirmed in the country were related to foreign travel (and include the 12 passengers from Doha) - a rate of 36.3%. That is higher than the rate of 21.8% from the start of the crisis and until Tuesday afternoon, when  651 of the country's 2,937 confirmed infections were linked to foreign travel.

"In the past few days, the one word we keep hearing in the meeting rooms, offices and...