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New measures for the entry of tourists at the land border were announced by the government spokesman Stelios Petsas during the briefing of the political authors.
As he said, from tomorrow, 21 July until August 4, the passage will be allowed only through the entrance gates to Kakavia, Krystalopigi, Nymfaion and Kipon.
In essence, we put a hold at the crossings. No movement is allowed for land workers, he said, adding that these are measures to restrict movement at the border.
He said for the celebrations of Olympiakos football team that “it is not the image we wanted to see”.
“Due to the burden on the epidemiological characteristics of the Balkan countries, we took additional measures at the Promachonas border post, while we started extensive targeted tests on our border with Albania.”
“The results of the sampling at our borders were also confirmed by an aggravated image, with 8 positive cases out of a total of 866 in Kakavia and a total of 170 positive cases in a total of 19,676 inspections in Promachonas from the 1st to the 18th of July.”
In fact, he reminded that from tomorrow, Tuesday, the information from Nikos Hardalias will return.
With these data, as Mr. Petsas stated, after an extraordinary meeting convened by the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, and with the consent of the head of the National Public Health Committee for COVID-19, Sotiris Tsios suggested to the Prime Minister that additional measures be taken regarding the entrances and exits of the country’s land borders.
“The following has been decided regarding our land borders:
First:
In addition to what has already been decided and is valid for entry from Promachonas, from midnight on Tuesday to Wednesday 22 July until Tuesday 4 August 2020, entry into Greek territory for essential movements is allowed only from the Kakvav border checkpoints , Krystallopigi, Evzonon, Promachona, Nymfaia and Kipon.
Second:
Greek citizens, those who have a residence permit, holders of a Special Expatriate Identity Card are also required to complete the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) at the electronic address https: // travel.gov.gr as well as the electronic short notice for short travel, at same address. We emphasize that the coronavirus is here. And we ask all Greek citizens to avoid uninterrupted travel to epidemiologically burdened areas, such as those in the Balkans today.
Third:
The land workers, in case they are in the country and leave the Greek territory before August 4, 2020, will not have the right to enter until later”, the government spokesman underlined.
“Greece is – and will remain – a health-safe country. We took – and will take whenever necessary – with a sense of responsibility every necessary measure, always listening to the opinion of experts “, he added.
He then referred to the intensification of the controls for the observance of the protection measures and the prevention of the co-creation and noted that “from the 17th of July until today were carried out, by the National Transparency Authority, the Greek Police and the General Secretariat of Commerce and Protection of the Consumer, 2,884 audits throughout Greece, violations were found in 144 cases, 161 fines amounting to 38,250 euros were imposed and administrative sanctions of suspension of operation for a total of 30 days “.
source:- Eidiseis.gr
