Coronavirus: PM upbeat on impact of holiday season, warns against caution fatigue

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was upbeat on Friday that the impact of increased social mobility during the holiday season on Greece's coronavirus statistics would be limited.

"It seems that we managed to overcome the challenge of Christmas and New Year's Eve without too much turbulence," Mitsotakis told Parliament on Friday.

He said that the government's decision to toughen lockdown measures in early January had helped to contain the spread of the virus.

Mitsotakis nevertheless warned the public against dropping their guard against Covid-19, stressing that caution fatigue in other European countries had led to a spike in cases.

He said that the government would raise the fine for violating Covid-19 restrictions from 300 euros to 500 euros.

Thursday's Health Ministry bulletin on the coronavirus epidemic indicated that new...