Αssociated Press reports from London that the father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended his decision to fly to Greece via Bulgaria in order to “COVID-proof” his property there before he potentially rents it out.
With a towel draped over his shoulder, Stanley Johnson told journalists Friday on a dirt track outside his villa on Mount Pelion that he wasn’t “100% up to speed” on the British public’s reaction since he went to Greece for “a quiet time, to organize the house.”
The trip has met with criticism for having violated — at the very least — the spirit of Greece’s Covid-19 restrictions as well as the current travel guidance in the U.K.
The Greek government, which has been praised for the country’s comparatively low number of confirmed coronavirus cases and eager to salvage the summer tourist season, extended its ban on flights from the U.K. until July 15 amid concerns over Britain’s still-high infection rates.
Many also think that the elder Johnson’s trip to Greece through the Bulgarian capital of Sofia went against the overarching advice of Britain’s Foreign Office, which currently recommends avoiding ”all but essential” travel.
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