Greece expanded its measures of closures on Friday to prevent the spread of coronavirus epidemic by ordering the shutdown of coffee shops, bars, malls, and restaurants, ANA reports.
In a daily televised briefing, disease specialist Sotiris Tsiodras announced that supermarkets, food shops, bakeries, pharmacies, and public and private health services will remain open. Also remaining open will be all take-out and delivery food businesses.
Shutdowns, on the other hand, also include libraries, museums, and archaeological sites, and sports venues.
Coronavirus numbers (Greece):
– Total cases as of March 13: 190 (Thursday total: 117), another 36 suspected cases being tested
– One death (unchanged since Thursday)
– Of 190, 47 are in hospitals, 5 of them in intensive care
– Age breakdown: 79 aged 40-44, 47 over 65, 7 children/teens aged 0-17
– Geographic breakdown: Athens 85, Ilia prefecture 40, Achaia prefecture 9, Thessaloniki 6, East Attica region 5, Zakynthos island 4 and Kastoria 3.
– Total lab tests conducted so far: 2,700 (1,000 of these in the last 48 hours)
In the meanwhile, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Friday his wife had tested positive to the coronavirus.
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