Greek government spokesperson Stelios Petsas started Monday’s press briefing by referring to the opening of schools and the difficult conditions due to the necessary protection measures against the novel coronavirus, adding that the first signs are very encouraging, ANA reports.
“The vast majority of the teachers, pupils and parents have followed the experts’ instructions and we thank them and continue. The next months will be difficult. The rise in daily coronavirus cases worldwide testifies to this,” he noted.
He pointed out the examples of France, with over 10,000 confirmed cases each day, and Israel, which is imposing a new three-week lockdown from September 18 to October 9.
“We are monitoring these developments, we listen to and trust the scientists and we are ready to take any necessary measure in order to preserve the good epidemiological picture that Greece has maintained since the start of the pandemic,” Petsas announced.
On the economy, Petsas said that with the 12 initiatives that Mitsotakis announced “he proved that we care and that we can. We care for entrepreneurship, for workers and for the unemployed. We can because we have gained the trust of the international markets.”
He stressed that “the total support to the Greek economy from the above initiatives is approximately 7.0 billion euros, plus 3.0 billion euros that concerns boosting liquidity from the banking system. It is a generous and ambitious package of 10 billion euros. A package that can give a strong boost to Greece’s economy.”
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