Greece Prolongs Incoming Flight Restrictions Until March 8
Authorities in Greece have extended travel restrictions for international flight passengers as well as mandatory quarantine requirements until March 8, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced.
Citizens from countries outside the European Union and those who don’t belong in the Schengen Zone will remain banned from entering, the announcement reveals, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
Passengers wishing to enter Greece from any of the countries mentioned below will be exempted from quarantine rules, according to the CAA announcement.
- United Kingdom
- Singapore
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Rwanda
- South Korea
- Thailand
- United Arab Emirates
- Russia
All travelers planning to enter Greece from any other country, including those from the EU Member States, must follow seven-day mandatory quarantine rules upon their arrival. If a person tests positive will be obliged to stay self-isolated for at least 14 days.
Flights between Greece and Turkey will also be suspended until March 8, while trips from Albania and North Macedonia will be permitted only at the DA “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport.
Amid the upsurge in the number of COVID-19 infections and the rapid spread of its new strains identified in countries worldwide, authorities in Greece unfold their plans regarding launching a certificate for travelers who have been vaccinated against the virus in order to make their travel easier.
Such initiative supported by many European countries up to this point has been initially highly endorsed by Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Greece’s Prime Minister previously addressed a letter to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, urging the European Union to support the idea, which some countries consider as an effective way to gradually get back to normality.
Last week, Greece and Israel reached a standard agreement to allow vaccinated passengers to enter each other’s territories if they have taken the vaccine against the COVID-19.
Even though it was considered as an essential step taken between both countries’ authorities, it sparked polemics in the European Union, as Greece is part of the Schengen Zone, and all persons who enter the country would be able to enter the whole Schengen territory.
In order to minimize the risk from the spread of the disease, in December, authorities in Greece announced that they imposed ten-day mandatory quarantine for all internationals seeking to enter the country.
Greece has registered 180,672 cases of infections, according to the statistics published by Worldometers. Over 6,321 persons have died, and 161,252 have been totally recovered.
