Three confirmed cases of measles and two more under investigation have set Greece’s authorities on alert with the National Health Care organizatin EODY to take a series of measures to prevent an outbreak. The patients who contracted the highly contagious measles virus are adults and had reportedly traveled to Russia …
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Greece adopts negative Covid-test, masks for travelers from China
Negative covid-19 test, masks and checks on travelers from China at the airports of Greece is what the government decided on Thursday at an emergency meeting at the office of prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis The coronavirus outbreak in China and the XBB1.5 mutation has put also the government on alert, …
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Greeks’ mass Easter exodus, for the first time after two pandemic years
Greeks are leaving the big cities for the countryside where they can enjoy the Easter traditions with relatives and friends in a village or an island, after two years of lockdown and moving restrictions that spoiled the fun on the biggest celebration of the Orthodoxy. With private cars, intercity buses, …
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Greece to abolish Passenger Location Form (PLF) by mid-March
The condition to complete the Passenger Location Form (PLF) by those visiting Greece will be abolished by mid-March, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced on Thursday.The country also increase capacity for touristic buses and implements new health protocols for touristic accommodation. “Following the recommendation by the Experts’ Committee of the Health …
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Greece scraps mandatory test for travelers with active European vaccination certificate
Travelers with active European vaccination certificate will no need a mandatory Covid-19 test, Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced Friday noon. The European certificate is valid for nine months, while in Greece it will be seven months from next Monday. The measure will go into force as of Monday, February …
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Greece Covid-measures: Masks in- and outdoors, festive events canceled, tests for travelers
The Greek government adopted the recommendations of the Epidemiologists Committee and announced on Thursday morning a series of additional protective measures against the pandemic. The measures valid across Greece include the mandatory use of mask in- and outdoors, double or KN95 masks in supermarkets and public transport and additional Covid-test …
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Greece changes again travel rules: Mandatory PCR 72 hours or Rapid Test 24 hours
For the fourth time in 24 hours, Greece changed again the travel rules for all passengers arriving from abroad and now allows entrance also with negative Rapid test, next to the PCR test. Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga said at the coronavirus live briefing on Thursday evening that next to …
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Greece changes mandatory PCR test for all travelers to “72 hours”
Greece’s government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said on Thursday that the PCR test for all travelers from abroad is to be carried out 72 hours. The statement created confusion as less than 12 hours before, the Health Ministry had announced that the PCR test must be of 48 hours before landing. …
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Greece introduces mandatory PCR test to all travelers from abroad UPDATE2
Greece Health Ministry announced on Wednesday evening that all travelers will have to show a mandatory negative PCR test. The measure affects all travelers, whether they are vaccinated against Covid-19 or not and independently of the country of departure. Only exception is for travelers from Greece who have been in …
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“Greece to receive visitors from USA until end of tourism season,” says Minister
“Greece will continue to receive visitors from the USA until the end of the tourist season,” newly appointed Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias said in a statement on Tuesday. “This is a very important market, which creates added value in the country’s economy,” he added. “Visitors and tourism professionals in …
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2,500 travelers over weekend not allowed to board due to lack of Covid-documents
Some 2,500 travelers were banned in the last three days alone from entering ferries departing for the Greek islands because they lacked the required Covid-documentation to board the ships, Shipping Minister Giannis Plakiotakis said on Monday. The Minister did not mention anything on whether travelers were not allowed to board …
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Vaccination Committee on AstraZeneca, age group 18-24, vaccines for travelers, temporary AMKA
The Greek National Vaccination Committee has changed its policy and strongly recommends that the AstraZeneca vaccine be administered to persons over the age of 60, its chairwoman Maria Theodoridou said on Monday during a regular coronavirus pandemic briefing. The pediatrician said that AstraZeneca’s vaccine is currently being administered to people …
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EU tightens rules for travelers from non-EU countries
The European Union tightened its rules for visitors from outside the bloc on Monday, specifying that they would only be allowed in freely from countries with very few coronavirus cases and almost none of the more transmissible variants. EU ambassadors agreed the new measure for travel from non-EU countries, including …
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Two ferry passengers from Patmos detained for breaking quarantine
Three young people who arrived from the island of Patmos to the port of Pireaus on Sunday were detained by the Greek Coast Guard because they broke the quarantine following a COVID-19 test. According to media, the group of four 26-year-old Greeks were on vacation on the island and one …
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EU Tourism: Guidelines for opening internal borders, flights, vouchers
The European Commission released on Wednesday afternoon its EU Tourism recovery package, a so-called roadmap to support the sector and businesses hit by the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The EU Tourism package contains a set of guidelines and recommendations to help member states gradually lift travel restrictions and …
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Coronavirus: 14-day quarantine for those coming to Greece from abroad
Those arriving to Greece from abroad will be placed in 14-day quarantine, deputy government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni announced on Monday. The measure goes into effect immediately, that is starting on March 16. Those not complying with the preventive measure will have to pay an administrative fine, Peloni said, without elaborating …
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Low-budget Cobalt Air collapses leaving thousands tourists stranded
Cypriot budget airliner Cobalt Air suspended all its operations late on Thursday leaving hundreds of tourists stranded in Greece and Cyprus and others just with the flight ticket on their hands. Colbat Air is the third European airliner to go bust, after Danish Primera Air last month and UK’s Monarch …
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