Greece Imposes Stricter Lockdown in Athens to Halt Virus Spread
People walk past closed cafes under the Acropolis in Athens on Feb. 9.
Photographer: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images
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The Greek government has reintroduced a stricter lockdown in Athens and the surrounding Attica region in a bid to curb a recent spike in new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The area accounts for around half of Greece’s population of almost 11 million.
“In the next two months the range of restriction measures will open and close depending on the alarm levels. It depends on us what will happen each time. But it is also the last mile to freedom,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a nationally televised address.