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Pedestrians wearing face masks against the spread of coronavirus, walk past the front window of a sports store on Ermou Street, Athens main shopping area, on Monday Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) 12/24/2020 The National Herald
ATHENS - Apart from the obvious tragedy of so many people suffering and dying from COVID-19, the pandemic brought two lockdowns of non-essential businesses this year that could see nearly one in four not making it.
Some 23 percent of enterprises reported that they are at risk of failure after being shut down some 2 ½ months since a first lockdown in the spring and a second that began Nov. 7 and will extend until at least Jan. 7, 2021.