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Greece lifts some COVID-19 restrictions to relieve lockdown fatigue

People make their way on Monastiraki square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in A
FILE PHOTO: People make their way on Monastiraki square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi

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ATHENS: Greece will lift some COVID-19 restrictions next week as part of a plan to gradually reopen a fragile economy even as its hospitals remain under severe pressure from stubbornly high infections, authorities said on Friday (Mar 19).

Hair and beauty salons and archaeological sites will open from Mar 22, deputy minister to the prime minister Akis Skertsos told a regular weekly briefing.

A nighttime curfew nationwide will start two hours later, at 9pm during weekends, he said.

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Source: Reuters