Greece announced on Wednesday that it will scrap Covid vaccination and recovery certificates starting on May 1 and masks will no longer be required in indoor public spaces from June 1.
Greece’s health minister Thanos Plevris announced the lifting of the Covid restrictions at a press briefing on Wednesday, where he also said that the requirement of one self-test a week is also being scrapped for pupils and educators at schools starting after the Easter break.
Covid-related occupancy rates in restaurants, shops to be lifted
At workplaces, meanwhile, staff will only be required to take one rapid test a week from the current two, a measure also starting on May 1.
The minister also announced that restrictions on occupancy rates at places like restaurants, shops and sports venues are also being lifted until August 31, when all the measures will be reviewed.
The easing of Covid-related restrictions comes as Greece is preparing for the summer season when a record number of tourists are expected to visit the country.
Greece reports 64 Covid deaths on Tuesday
Greece confirmed 15,690 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Tuesday, bringing all confirmed infections since the pandemic began to 3,195,887.
Of the daily total, reinfections are assessed at 362 in the last 24 hours, while their total since the pandemic began is assessed at 119,314.
There are also 64 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 28,274. Of these, 95.4 percent had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 356 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 70 years and 92.7 percent have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the total, 194 (54.49 percent) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 162 (45.51 percent) are fully vaccinated.
The median age of new infections is 36 years, while the median age of the deceased is 79.
