Greece announced on Wednesday the lifting of further lockdown restrictions to a number of facilities that have been shut down since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The lifting of restrictions refers to the period June 6-July 1, 2020, and is the sixth and seventh stage of ending the lockdown.
According to Deputy Development Minister, Nikos Papathanasis, the road map for the re-opening of facilities and businesses is:
June 6: indoor spaces of restaurants, hotel restaurants, the sale of drinks & foods at outdoors events, canteens but not canteens on wheels.
- Beach bars are allowed again sell alcohol, prepare food and play music.
June 8: bars, internet cafes, night clubs, entertainment facilities with live music, shops with electronic games, gambling (coins)
June 15: seasonal hotels and tourist accommodations, fitness facilities (gyms and pilates), museums, rehabilitation centers for disable people, therapeutic baths, spa, hamams, saunas, , recreation and thematic parks, remaining facilities for entertainment and recreation, prostitution facilities.
June 29: summer camps for children
July 1: concerts, conferences, fairs
Health safety protocols are to be observed.
School canteens, indoor cinemas, seniors’ day centers(KAPI), discos (without offer of drink/food), casinos and cards playing clubs will not re-open yet.
According to the Deputy Development minister, because of the lifting of the restrictions 89,000 workers will return return to work between June 6 and July 1. This corresponds to 13% of those whose work had been suspended by a government decision. A total of 63,000 companies will re-open, that is 24% of the remaining closed companies in total, Papathanasis said.
With the re-opening of the facilities June 6-July 1, a total 97% of the businesses will have return to operation.
June 15th – Prostitution facilities? Am I reading that right? xD