Covid-19: Greece introduces new restrictions including the return of the mask to the streets
In Greece, on the occasion of the end of the year celebrations, wearing a mask has once again become compulsory in the street to fight against Covid-19.
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In Greece, on the occasion of the end of the year celebrations, the authorities have just imposed a new series of measures to fight against Covid-19 and the spread of the Omicron variant.
Wearing a mask is therefore compulsory again in the street.
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With our correspondent in Athens
,
Joël Bronner
In addition to wearing the obligatory mask in the street, in public transport and in supermarkets, the Greeks are now ordered to wear two superimposed masks or a KN95 mask, the one in the shape of a duckbill.
In addition, from mid-January, the vaccination of over 60s will become compulsory, under penalty of a monthly fine.
A stone's throw from a small Christmas market in central Athens, two taxi drivers take a cigarette break in the middle of the street.
Despite the new measures just decreed, none of them wears a mask.
Leonidas, who prefers to indicate only one first name, would like to be left alone and is opposed in principle to the rules in force.
He describes his vision of Greek society in the face of Covid-19, through the prism of his clients.
“
There are two categories of passengers,”
explains Léonidas
, “the elderly who watch the news on television and are afraid of everything.
Then there are people like us, who are not focused on Covid-19 and who continue to live their lives.
"
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More than a third of the population is not vaccinated
A double mask on the face at the exit of a supermarket, this nurse explains wearing the mask for approximately two years between 10 and 15 hours a day: "
The frequentation of the stores will be very important these days and people will too. a lot of people get together inside and out, so these new measures concerning the mask seem necessary to me.
"
In
Greece
, where 35% of
the population is not vaccinated
, the government has also already announced, other new measures will come into force at the start of the year.
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