On Thursday, the Greek health authority reported 3,089 new infections within 24 hours
ATHENS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece plans to lift its one-week quarantine requirement For tourists from European Union countries from Monday.
The prerequisite is that the tourists are either fully vaccinated or have a current, negative PCR test. Some of those arriving will also be subjected to random testing.
Athens had originally planned to announce the beginning of the tourism season on May 14 and to lift the quarantine requirement then.
In addition to visitors from the EU, the quarantine requirement will also be dropped for travellers from the United States, Britain, Serbia, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
On Thursday, the Greek health authority reported 3,089 new infections within 24 hours, almost 1,000 fewer than the day before.
ICELAND is relaxing its coronavirus regulations as of Thursday.
People can now go back to the gym and swimming pools, but only half as many visitors are allowed in as normal, and the studios and pools must also close no later than 10 pm.
The same closing time now also applies to pubs, which are also allowed to receive customers again from Thursday.
Training sessions and sporting competitions are also allowed again for children and adults, but without spectators. Choirs and other artistic events may now have up to 50 participants on stage and 100 seated people in the audience. The upper limit for participants in public gatherings is raised from 10 to 20.
Iceland, with a population of just 360,000, has long had the lowest number of new infections per capita in the entire European Economic Area.
However, a series of new infections had led the government to introduce tighter restrictions at the end of March. — NNN-AGENCIES
