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Lockdown extends to 1 February Youths stand in a queue as they wait to enter a clothes shop on Ermou Street, Athens’ main shopping area. Photo: AAP via AP/Thanassis Stavrakis 24 January 2021 1:44pm Greek health authorities have recorded 605 new coronavirus cases in a day, and 24 deaths, until midday Saturday while 292 patients are on ventilators in ICUs. In total, Greece has had 151,646 confirmed infections and 5,622 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic. The last week cases have stabilised at around 500-600 a day, allowing authorities to discuss the gradual easing of...

23 January 2021 9:06am COVID-19 restrictions have been extended by another week to 1 February. On Friday, Greece confirmed 585 new coronavirus cases with seven of these identified at the country’s entry points. The National Public Health Organization (EODY) also confirmed 28 new deaths, with the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in Greece at 5,598. Greece’s Civil Protection and Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias said that there would be a continuation of the overnight curfew (21:00-05:00), the SMS permits for ortings and the obligatory wearing of face masks at all indoor and ou...

People in Nafplion enjoy the warm weather on the beach. Credit: Youtube/argolikeseidhseisGreece has been experiencing some of its highest January temperatures of the last 50 years since Friday, with people rushing to beaches to enjoy the unseasonably sunny weather. Temperatures climbed to 21 degrees Celcius in central parts of the Greek mainland, while northern Crete…