Greece drops all quarantine regulations for travellers

Greece has officially axed all remaining quarantine requirements for visitors to the country. Here’s what that means for travellers…

First masks, now quarantine cancel for Greece?

Travellers to the beautiful country of Greece can now basically visit the nation as if it were pre-COVID 2019. The popular holiday destination has terminated all regulations relating to COVID-19, including the rule that foreign visitors who tested positive while in the country would have to go into hotel quarantine. 

This now means that if a traveller finds themselves COVID-positive whilst on holiday in Greece, they will not be subject to immediate indoor quarantine.

With these new regulations, COVID-positive travellers may choose not to isolate for five days. They are freely allowed on all public transport within and into Greece, as long as they are wearing an FFP2 or KN95 face mask, reports Travel News.

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Epidemiologist, Christos Hatzichristodoulou told the Greek press that there was a lot of discussion about how to manage outbreaks at tourist accommodation facilities, and that they had decided to enforce the rules that applied in other Mediterranean countries.

“The majority of countries in northern Europe have no measures in place to protect against the coronavirus.” Hatzichristodoulou said.

The country also recently dropped their mask-wearing requirements, in regards to flights, airports and certain indoor venues on 1 June. This was done in an effort to further ease the travel process ahead of their peak summer season, which is currently in full swing.

The tourist hotspot also axed requirements to show proof of vaccination or recovery from COVID-19 to enter indoor and outdoor spaces within the country.

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