COVID-19 pandemic in Greece

Five regions in Greece will be at very high risk of fires on Saturday, based on the Fire Risk Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.

A number of restrictions against COVID-19 in Greece will be eased. One of them is the need to present certificates for vaccination against coronavirus. The document will not be required for entry into catering establishments, grocery stores and other sites in the period from May 1 to August 31.

The inspections were carried out mainly by the police

Nearly 160,000 euros are the fines imposed, only on Friday, for non-compliance with the measures against the coronavirus in Greece, reports the publication "Kathimerini", informs BNR.

This happened during inspections carried out mainly by the police.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus in Greece - and especially on the islands - during the summer has proven a "migraine", at a time when people are preparing for the big holiday season of August and while the cases of the Delta mutation are increasing alarmingly.

Προσωρινό «λουκέτο» 15 ημερών στην επιχείρηση

The availability of intensive care beds (ICUs) is under pressure at hospitals across Attica, Greece's most populous region, a top health official has warned.

Takeaway service from restaurants and cafes will not be permitted in Athens, Thessaloniki and the regional unit of Halkidiki Sunday and throughout next weekend, it was announced Saturday.

Delivery services will operate as usual, the Ministry of Development said.

As supply problems continue to hamper vaccination campaigns in the European Union, health authorities in Greece have expressed intense concern over the latest epidemiological data, which show a rise in coronavirus infections in the last two days while there are increasing indications that the British variant of Covid-19 may have made inroads in northern Greece as well, after Athens and Crete.

The number of new SARS-CoV-2  infections climbed to 928 on Tuesday which brought the overall number to 141,453, the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) said in its daily bulletin.

Thirty-one of the new cases were identified at the country's entry points.

The first vaccinations against the coronavirus in Greece are expected to take place Sunday, starting with an intensive care unit nurse.

Efstathia Kambissiouli will be vaccinated at 1 p.m. at central Athens' Evangelismos hospital, followed half an hour later by Michalis Giovanidis, a nursing home resident.