Greece restricted movement to within 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) radius from home on Thursday in a new effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus, according to greekreporter.com.
Daily cases have continued on an upward trend, as the country confirmed 2,703 instances of the virus on Wednesday, the highest number of cases diagnosed so far in 2021.
Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias announced that until March 16, citizens will not be allowed to travel beyond 2 kilometers from one’s home for supermarkets, food stores, and other essential goods shops (text message permit #2) or for banks (text message permit #3).
Similarly, personal exercise (text message permit #6) or pet walking must be executed close to one’s home; it will not be possible to carry out these activities beyond the limits of one’s municipality, the minister added.
Concerning citizens who claim they are paying a home visit to a person in need to offer assistance (text message permit #4), they will have to be able to provide clarifications in case of a random street check by authorities.
“We stay at home, in our neighborhood, and when we have to go out, we do so within the smallest possible distance”, underlined Hardalias.
Furthermore, as of Thursday also, Attica Region and Thessaloniki Region will be classified as areas carrying a very high epidemiological risk, joined by the following regions:
Achaia, Argolis, Arkadia, Arta, Boeotia, Chios, Corinth, Etoloakarnania, Evia (except Skyros island), Fthiotida, Heraklion (in Crete), Larissa, Lefkada (except Meganisi), Rhodes, Samos, Thesprotia, and the municipality of Kalymnos island.
The overnight curfew in these areas until March 18 will commence at 19:00 to 05:00, excepting Attica and Thessaloniki Regions, where the curfew will stay at remain 21:00-05:00.
Hardalias also reminded the public they were not permitted to loiter in parks, marinas, open sports areas.
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