PM hopeful Greece can ‘see the end of the tunnel’

Greece cannot just see the "light at the end of the tunnel, but the end of the tunnel itself," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday in reference to the coronavirus pandemic, during a wide-ranging interview on Skai TV.

The prime minister defended his government's decision to impose a new lockdown on the Greek capital starting on Thursday that will impact the heavily hit retail sector and also take children out of school again, saying be opted for "drastic measures" before the public health system becomes overwhelmed by new admissions.

"We were alarmed by the rise of hospitalizations in Attica," he said. "This epidemic has a tendency to spiral out of control very fast. I preferred to take drastic measures so that we can put them behind us faster."

Responding to reactions from shopkeepers and other business owners struggling to stay afloat amid...