Greece’s epidemiologists and government officials worked out a very complicated set of additional restrictions for the residents of Athens, the regional units of Attica, Thessaloniki and Halkidiki to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Restrictions will be tighter on the weekend while the churches still remain open, and economic activity of retail shops and services will be allowed only from Monday to Friday.
According to Head of Civil Protection and Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias, the measures for Attica, Thessaloniki and Halkidiki that go into force at 6:00 a.m. Saturday, February 6, 2021, are:
Curfew: 6 p.m. – 5 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday and 9 p.m. – 5 a.m. Monday to Friday.
Only essential shops such a supermarkets, food stores, bakeries, fuel stations and pharmacies are open on Saturday. Operation time 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Open markets (laiki) is closed on Saturday but this measure go into force on Feb 13.
Retail stores, hairdressers, nails, beauty salons, diet services KTEO are open Monday to Friday and with the rules and the measures already in force. Operation time: 07:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
OPAP gambling stores operate as according to rules in force.
Retail stores operate only with click away as click in shop is banned.
Churches: open with maximum 9 people
Schools: Lyceums closed operation with distance learning. Primary schools, kindergartens and Gymnasiums with physical presence.
Movement on Saturday and Sunday only with sms and for the 6 known reasons and only until 6:00 p.m. Exceptions are for health reasons, workers and dog walking close to home.
These measures are valid from 6:00 a.m. Saturday, 6. February until Monday, 15. February 2021.
These three regional units and well as the five areas of “high epidemiological danger” – that is Patras, Halkida, Mykonos, Santorini and Agios Nikolaos (Crete) – remain in regime of daily surveillance. epidemiological data will be evaluated on daily basis.
Health experts said on Friday evening that there are 4,400 active cases in Attica.
For fourth consecutive day, daily coronavirus infections in Greece are above 1,000 even if there is a general lockdown since November 7, 2020, and several regions and municipalities are in tougher lockdown regime since at least a week.
The measures are the result of an obvious compromise between epidemiologists and government officials with the latter to not want the halting of business activities.
