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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. T...

January 18, in efforts to revive the market which has remained closed due to extended lockdown measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. The government said it would give retail the green light to operate with the click away method after a meeting this week between Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis, Alternate Minister Nikos Papathanasis, Secretary General for Trade and Consumer Protection Panagiotis Stampoulidis and Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) President George Karanikas. Karanikas briefed the ministers on the massive losses suffe...

Greece announced that it would be adjusting Covid-19 lockdown measures and restrictions week by week depending on the epidemiological situation in each of its cities and regions in efforts to prevent a third wave of the deadly virus, which experts expect to hit in February. National Public Health Organization President Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, are warning that a third wave is on its way and that the country’s health system is already overloaded. “The next three months will be extremely difficult. There is an outbreak around the world, possibly a third wave. We are preparing for the th...

Αssociated Press 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 ...