The Greek government took to the national airwaves today to announce harsher measures after a continued, worrisome spike in Coronavirus infections in the country and hospitals filling quickly.
Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced a strict national curfew between 9pm and 5am, beginning Friday, November 13. Exceptions to the curfew include travel for necessary work-related duties, dog walking or for medical or health reasons.
Businesses were ordered to maintain only a skeleton staff of necessary workers and shift all other employees to remote work.
All current measures will remain in place, including the requirement for Greeks to send a text message to a government number to request permission to leave their home with a specific reason.
Greece’s latest, harsher measures come after a spike in cases— particularly in the northern city of Thessaloniki, where yet another daily record of Coronavirus deaths was announced. A record-breaking 43 new deaths were announced on Wednesday, breaking the previous days’ death counts, which were also records.
Watch Nikos Hardalias’ Announcement
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Bravo to Greece. They have been at the forefront of the EU nations in fighting the virus. They look at the victims as people and recognize the severity. It seems here in the USA the victims are only statistics unless it affects you personally.