The municipal council of the city of Patras will hold an extraordinary meeting on Thursday at 17:30 after Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias’ announced the cancellation of all carnival events in Greece to prevent the spread of COVID19, ANA reports.
Furthermore, the municipality of Athens has canceled, for precautionary reasons, all events for the end of carnival and Clean Monday, this weekend.
According to a municipality announcement, “city services are on constant alert so that they can respond immediately, if necessary,” and in cooperation with the responsible state agencies “are fully prepared to deal, based on an organized plan, any needs that may emerge in terms of the coronavirus”.
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