ATHENS: The Greece health ministry announced on Wednesday (Dec. 15), that the travellers to Greece from Britain and Denmark will need a negative PCR COVID-19 test to enter.

The measure will be in effect from Dec 19 as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the ministry said. The tests will need to be no more than 48 hours old.

The quickly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant is expected to become the dominant strain in Denmark this week. In Britain, at least one person has died after contracting Omicron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed death globally from the variant.