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A foreign national who arrived in Greece four days ago has been intubated in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Thessaloniki. The 65-year-old tourist arrived in northern Greece with negative molecular PCR test on May 29. He was admitted to ICU on Tuesday, June 1. When he sought …

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Greece will accept vaccination certificates from Serbia, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said during a meeting with his counterpart Tatiana Matic on Monday. The two sides agreed to act on the basis of EU proposals and to mutually implement three protocols at the entrances into their country so as not to …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CA) announced on Friday the extension of aviation directives (notams) and travel restrictions for all flight passengers arriving to Greece from abroad as well as restrictions for non-EU citizens with some exceptions. The notams refer among others, to the 7-day quarantine, PLF form, negative PCR Covid-19 …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority extended quarantine for travelers from UK to 10 days over the Christmas holidays and an additional mandatory PCR test at the end of the self-isolation tine. However, in a new announcement Tuesday noon, it changed the date from which the measure will be implemented. In the …

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Greece announced on Friday additional measures and restrictions to prevent the increasing trend of the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The measures include the closure of restaurants and bars in Attica by midnight, limit to the number of people participating in social events, the use of mask in …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authorities issued a new notam on Wednesday, extending travel bans and restrictions to several European and Balkan countries and to non-EU countries as well as the requirement for a mandatory negative molecular PCR test for flight passengers from specific EU countries. the extension is valid until August …

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In his weekly briefing on the course of the pandemic in Greece, Head of Civil Protection and Deputy Minister for Crises Management Nikos Hardalias stated that there have been 961 confirmed coronavirus cases last week and that this “fact that led to the government’s decision to impose additional measures in …

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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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Athens has criticized Cyprus for making a negative Covid-19 test mandatory for travellers from Greece. “I  do not understand the decision for a coronavirus test on visitors from Greece, this is a wrong decision,” Minister Haris Theoharis said on Monday. Speaking to Parapolitika FM, Theoharis expressed the country’s discontent over …

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Cyprus moves Greece to category of B countries, the Cypriot Health Ministry announced on Sunday after several people who arrived from Greek destinations tested positive to coronavirus. According to the ministry, from Thursday, August 6, 2020, Greece, which is currently in category A will be moved to category B. This …

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