Greece confirms 1,607 new coronavirus infections on Monday, 78 deaths; 847 in ICUs
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Greece confirmed 1,607 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 7 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Monday.
Greece has confirmed 316,879 infections from the start of the pandemic (daily change: +0.5 per cent). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 59 infections are related to travel from abroad and 3,072 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 78 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 9,540. Of these, 95.5 per cent had an underlying condition and were 70 years old.
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2021-04-19 18:36:05 GMT2021-04-20 02:36:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ATHENS, April 19 (Xinhua) Greece has lifted the self-quarantine requirement for travelers arriving in the country from the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Serbia and Israel, Greece s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Monday.
The exemption also applies to travelers from four non-EU member states in the so-called Schengen zone: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Until now, all travelers arriving in Greece from abroad had been obliged to present a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) coronavirus test taken up to 72 hours before arrival and had to self-quarantine at home or at the place listed on the Passenger Locator Form for seven days, the Greek national news agency AMNA noted.
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People visit the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, April 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
Greece is preparing to reopen the country to tourism on May 14, the government had announced earlier this spring.
Ahead of the official restart, under a pilot scheme, Greece has started welcoming in recent weeks small groups of tourists, who still had to observe the lockdown restrictions.
ATHENS, April 19 (Xinhua) Greece has lifted the self-quarantine requirement for travelers arriving in the country from the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Serbia and Israel, Greece s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Monday.
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