Athens: Greek goes into lockdown for one more as the govt. decided a strict lockdown for one-week from Sunday, in a bid to relieve pressure on the health system.
“As our hospitals regularly treating a large number of patients, Since the cases remain high and continued pressure on the health system,” stated government spokesman Stelios Petsas.
“We take all the measures to improve the situation on daily basis in the nation so that we can gradually return to a form of normalcy, and enable our children to return to schools.”
Outlets and companies that opened up in the course of the Christmas holidays, together with hairdressers, nail salons, bookstores, and churches, will now shut down till January 11. A nighttime curfew will even be tightened, with movement restricted from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Fishing and hunting can even be prohibited.
The government hopes that after a week, non-essential outlets will be capable of reopening utilizing a “click-and-collect” system, where clients can choose up the merchandise they’ve purchased online or by phone.
Greece entered a second national lockdown in early November, in an effort to halt a surge in coronavirus infections, with a few of the measures relaxed over the vacations.
Individuals are allowed to leave the house for work, buying, visiting a physician, or exercising.
Cases in Greece, which coped with the first wave better than many European nations, began to rise regularly over the summer and soared in mid-October. Health authorities have registered a total of 139,447 COVID-19 cases and 4,881 deaths up to January 1.
