Due to the coronavirus, Greece introduces the total quarantine until January 11



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Due to the coronavirus, Greece introduces the total quarantine until January 11

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Instead of the expected slow dissolution of the measures, Greece will introduce a full quarantine by January 11. The strict prohibitions will take effect from 6:00 am tomorrow and all activities in the field of services, which took place at Christmas, will be terminated.

The afternoon schedule is again from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Exit is allowed only in case of emergency and at work. Beauty salons and bookstores are closing again, and stores with a pre-set schedule to visit are banned. Only grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations remain open.

Churches remain closed to the faithful, and the traditional Epiphany will not take place on Epiphany (January 6).

The stricter measures were announced by government spokesman Stelios Pezas in an emergency briefing today, BNR reported. He explained that this was a personal decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to reduce morbidity before schools open on January 11.

The strict measures in Greece are from November. As of January 1, the total number of infected coronaviruses in the country is 139,447 and the victims of the disease are 4,881.

The protocol to enter Greece is not changed; Along with a mandatory negative test for coronavirus of all who enter the country, a rapid test is done at the border and then placed in a mandatory three-day quarantine.

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