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lockdown measures early next month after the health authorities announced a surge in cases on Tuesday.
“The sharp increase in cases yesterday pushes back the prospect of easing measures on March 1,” Mitsotakis said during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, stressing that despite vaccination proceeding at a good pace, citizens would have to remain very focused and comply to “the measures we know work”.
Greece saw positive coronavirus cases surge to 2,147 on Tuesday, with the majority reported in Athens. At the same time, the country’s health care facilities are nearing their limit.
The Greek PM said he understood that people were experiencing
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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.