China News Service, May 10 (Xinhua). According to the European Union quoted the Greek European Union News Agency, on the afternoon of the 9th local time, the Greek Ministry of Health announced that Greece had 19 new cases of new coronary pneumonia, and a total of 2710 cases of new coronary pneumonia. At the same time, the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus in Greece increased by 1 person within 24 hours, with a total of 151 people.
On April 20, local time, during the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, medical staff from the Greek Evangelical Hospital in Athens listened to the concert of the Greek National Radio Symphony Orchestra in the courtyard.
According to reports, since the new crown epidemic occurred, EU countries, including Greece, have blocked the border, and it has been almost two months. Although both the Greek authorities and the tourism industry hope that deregulation will allow some tourists to enter, the European Union still decides to continue to extend the "blocking order" until June 15.
The European Union announced on May 8 that because the new crown epidemic has not stabilized in Europe and the world, the European Union decided to continue to restrict "non-essential travel" to Europe, extending the "blocking order" that began in mid-March this year until June 15.
The European Commission said in an announcement on the same day that although some EU member states and Schengen area member states are currently deregulating, the new crown epidemic is still unstable in Europe and globally. Under this circumstance, it is necessary for the EU to continue to control the external borders and reduce the risk of the spread of the epidemic caused by travel to Europe.
At least 20% of Greece ’s GDP depends on tourism. Greek hotels operating throughout the year are expected to reopen on June 1, and seasonal hotels are expected to follow up in a month. But the problem now is that 90% of Greece ’s tourism revenue comes from international tourists, and the opening of the border will be the key to the recovery of the Greek tourism industry.
The Greek government is currently considering signing bilateral agreements between countries to allow citizens of countries affected by the new crown epidemic to travel to Greece. These countries may include Cyprus, Israel, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Czech Republic, Singapore and Australia.
Greek Prime Minister Mizotakis has said that he hopes to have international standards, or at least European standards, to allow all countries to restart international tourism under the same travel agreement. For example, only people who are negative for the new coronavirus test or those who already have antibodies are allowed to board the plane; after the passenger arrives in Greece, the health department measures the body temperature and confirms the health certificate he carries.
On the other hand, in view of the fact that the Greek new crown epidemic has been effectively controlled, the Greek government is expected to lift the travel restrictions on Greece as early as May 18 and at the latest on May 25, allowing people to travel freely between provinces and cities. The number of domestic flights in Greece will also increase.
Lufthansa AG announced on the 8th that flights between Frankfurt and Athens will resume on May 18, and Munich flights to and from Athens will also be re-routed within May. (Liang Manyu)