Greece imposed severe restrictions on flights from southern African countries over a new Covid-19 variant.
The Health Ministry announced that only essential travel will be allowed from South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Eswatini, Zambia and Malawi, while travellers will need to procure a special permit from the local Greek diplomatic mission.
Those granted a permit will have to undergo PCR tests 72 hours before travel and submit to a rapid antigen test upon arrival. After that, they will have to quarantine in a designated hotel for 10 days and do a second rapid test at the end of that period.
These restrictions will come into effect as of 6 a.m. Saturday.
Greece does not have direct flights with any of the aforementioned countries.Â
