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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis puts the country in a mini-lockdown regime to slow the course of the coronavirus, putting, as he said, the health and safety of Greeks above any other option.
With the new measures that will come into effect on Tuesday and for a month, the restaurant will be closed, except for food delivery and store receipts in 22 areas of the country.
Indoor cinemas, museums, theaters, and gyms also open the shutters.
According to the Prime Minister’s announcements, the territory is now divided into two zones instead of four: namely, a surveillance zone where the “green” and “yellow” areas are included and a higher risk zone where the areas are included. “orange” and “red”. »Areas. The new health map will be presented in the afternoon by the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, while specifying the measures.
The change from county to county will apply to the entire country, while schools and stores will remain open in both zones.
Masks everywhere, restriction of traffic from midnight to five in the morning, implementation of telework at 50%, ban on meetings, but also complete distance education in universities are some of the measures that will come into effect for the entire country.
The new rules focus on the two outbreaks that have been found to favor transmission of the virus: entertainment and mobility.
Detailed measurements
- Since Tuesday morning the territory is divided, now, in two zones instead of four: Surveillance and increased risk. The first includes all the prefectures that to this day are in “green” and “yellow”.
- Wear a mask everywhere, indoors and outdoors.
- Traffic restriction from 12:00 in the afternoon to 5:00 in the morning.
- 50% telework application in the public and private sectors.
- Complete distance training at universities.
- There are no meetings. Distances and personal hygiene.
- The Increased Risk zone includes areas that to this day are not only in “red”, but also in “orange”. That is to say all of northern Greece but also Attica, the following week. More in detail at the “orange” level are Alexandroupoli, Drama, Kavala, Xanthi, Halkidiki, Kilkis, Edessa, Naoussa, Katerini, Trikala, Imathia, Pieria, Pella, Piraeus, and Attica. “Red” are the areas: Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Kastoria, Kozani, Larissa, Rodopi and Serres.
What will be applied in Attica and Northern Greece
- The operation of all dining rooms is suspended, except for the delivery of food at home and the store receipt.
- Closed will be: Bars, cafes, cinemas, museums and theaters, as well as closed gyms.
- Unlike in the spring, traveling outside the prefecture is not prohibited.
What businesses remain open
Schools, industry, and retail will normally operate throughout the country.
Hairdressers and hotels will also be open.
Measures for employees and households
For companies that will be closed by order of the public authority, the employment contract of employees is obligatorily suspended.
As long as the suspension is valid, the dismissals are not valid. Employees will receive a bonus of 534 euros per month.
Companies whose operation is suspended by order of a public authority, have the possibility of suspending the payment of VAT payable in November, until April 30, 2021. This debt will be amortized in 12 installments with zero interest rate or in 24 installments with an interest rate of 2.5%. , as of May 2021.
In addition, it is possible to suspend the payment of installments of regulated taxes and insurance debts, due in November.
Its amortization is deferred in the corresponding periods, at the end of the current regulations.
For employees whose employment contract is suspended throughout the country, it is possible to suspend the payment of the installments of the regulated tax debts that are payable in November, and their amortization is postponed to the corresponding installments, at the end of the current regulations.
The suspension of payment of bank loan installments, according to the expanded list of KAD April, in consultation with the Hellenic Banking Association, continues until the end of the year.
All unemployment benefits that expire and expire in September, October, November and December are extended by two months.
Companies based in a Regional Unit that are included in the “Increased Risk” level for at least 14 days during the month and are significantly affected according to the expanded list of KAD April, are entitled to a mandatory rent reduction by one 40% on your commercial properties.
The same applies to the main residence of employees who are suspended from employment, but also to the student residence of their children, throughout the territory.
Finally, a Refundable Deposit 4 and a Refundable Deposit 5 are awarded.
The Refundable Advance 4 will be granted, improved, in the month of November, based on the fall in billing September – October.
Additionally, a fifth refundable advance will be granted in December, based on the drop in billing in November.
In the two new Refundable Advances, 50% of each aid is non-refundable.
Now all sole proprietorships can participate, regardless of whether they have employees or have a cash register, as long as they present a 20% reduction in billing and a minimum reference billing of € 300.
Especially companies that have closed or are closing by state order in October and until November 10, have the right to participate in the Refundable Advance 4, regardless of their billing, as long as they have a minimum reference billing of 300 euros.
New companies are also eligible to participate.
Individual companies without employees will receive a fixed amount of 1,000 euros in the Refundable Advance 4 and up to 1,000 euros in the Refundable Advance 5, taking into account the mathematical formula.
For the rest of the companies the mathematical formula is applied, with a minimum of 1,000 euros.
Especially for companies that have been suspended or will be suspended by state order in October and until November 10, in the Refundable Advance 4, individual companies without employees will receive a fixed amount of 2,000 euros regardless of the mathematical type, and for the rest companies apply the mathematical formula, with a minimum of 2,000 euros.
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