Tag Archives: August 2020

Passenger traffic in Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” fell 60.4 percent in August, compared with the same period last year, totaling 1.2 million passengers, due to the impact of the coronavirus on travelling, the airport reportedly said in a report on Thursday. According to statistics released by Athens International Airport …

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Three more patients infected with coronavirus died on Tuesday morning, raising the death toll in Greece to 271. The latest fatalities are two men, 79 and 80 years old, hospitalized in Thessaloniki. They were the 19th and the 20th victims from the nursing home in Asvestochori. The outbreak in the …

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Greece’s health experts are highly concerned about the coronavirus in the country as the cases reached an average of 230 case per day in the last two weeks. Infections in the month of August reached 5,207, that is over half of a total of 9,531 cases since the beginning of …

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Greece announced on Monday that it makes mandatory a negative molecular PCR test for flight passengers from 5 EU countries as well as for all travelers entering the country from Promachonas border crossing with Bulgaria. The decision has been taken following  recommendations by epidemiologists monitoring epidemiological data, deputy government spokeswoman …

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New Greek lifestyle begin today, August 1, with mandatory use of mask in all enclosed spaces and strong recommendation of use of mask also outdoors. The government was enforced to impose new restrictions at the peak of summer vacations due to a recent spike of coronavirus cases. Infectious disease specialists …

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