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A woman wearing a face mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past a closed shop, at Glyfada suburb west of Athens, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis) 4/4/2021 The National Herald
ATHENS - Even before most of Greece’s businesses mostly closed down for five months in a quasi-lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 were due to reopen April 5 - excepting three hard-hit areas - people poured out onto the streets in beaches in anticipation, but as the pandemic worsened too.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ beleaguered New Democracy government, accused by critics of waffling about what to do and vacillating between tough and tender measures, is risking that letting people out in warmer weather will prevent gatherings that saw the Coronavirus spike.