Diligent observance of all coronavirus safety restrictions and measures over the Christmas season is essential, Greece’s government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Saturday warning that more tougher locadowns locally are possible.
Speaking to Skai TV on Saturday, Petsas said that the most significant attitude that all citizens should pursue over the festive season and in coming months, is to keep a small social circle.
People should not invite third parties to their homes over the Christmas holidays, that is people outside of their close families. “You can bring over another four people, but these four people should be from within the broader family,” he noted.
He stressed that there is no current discussion for more lenient curfew hours.
Petsas implied that the strategy of stricter lockdowns locally might be necessary for other areas in the country, where the epidemiological burden is spiking.
“It is rather important for us to be on standby to contain local clusters where the coronavirus might disperse rapidly in a short length of time,” he stressed, “while tight restrictions stay in effect until January 7.”
Petsas underlined that the COVID-19 vaccine is not mandatory and will be free of charge. “We will have approval for the vaccine on December 21-22 by European health agencies, and it will arrive in Greece on December 26-27.”
The plan is to have a very large portion of people in vulnerable groups vaccinated until February-March, Petsas noted.
