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Over the weekend, the Greek government carried out random checks on travelers by country of origin. The inspections brought much confusion to tourists who did not know if they had to spend the night in hotels or in quarantine immediately after arriving in Athens or Thessaloniki.
Greece, where coronavirus infection has caused relatively few deaths (191), launched an advertising campaign to revive tourism, which accounts for a quarter of gross domestic product (GDP), and hopes to reassure potential travelers and Greeks who are concerned that tourists bring the infection.
Under the new protocol, travelers will receive scannable barcodes when they complete a form with personal information such as their country of origin and the countries they have visited in the past 15 days.
Travelers must complete the questionnaire before August 31.
The barcodes will be scanned to be printed on paper or on mobile devices at the ports of arrival and will determine if the travelers will be directed to the exit or to the checkpoint.
Those who will be evaluated will be instructed to isolate themselves in the direction of the questionnaire until the test results are available.
The new protocol is likely “to detect most import cases,” Dimitris Paraskevis, a member of the expert committee of the Ministry of Health, told Skai TV.
All of the country’s airports will resume receiving international flights on Wednesday, while the ports of Patras and Igumenica will again accept ferries from Italy, while other ports will again be open to cruises.
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