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Visit Greece – The Nation That Put the Elderly Last In A Crisis

2021-12-16 by Phil Butler

One more ice cream season

The Greek leadership marginalized the at risk early on in the COVID pandemic in favor of restarting tourism. Now, feeble and afraid, the elderly are forced to get shots.

Tags: AARP, COVID booster, COVID shots, COVID vaccine, Crete COVID, Crete vaccines, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis, Operation Blue Freedom, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, retired people

Greece Braces for Omicron COVID-19 Strains

2021-11-27 by Phil Butler

Omnicron

Greece is in a particularly vulnerable situation vaccination wise, should the new Omicron strains reach the vulnerable population.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, coronavirus pandemic, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Fourth wave, Maria Van Kerkhove, Omnicron, Omnicron strains, pandemic, WHO

Greece Records 1,765 New Covid-19 Cases in Past 24 Hours

2021-09-06 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

Greece recorded 1,765 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours according to a report from the National Public Health Organization .

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, Greece COVID, Greece tourism, Mykonos

Greeks – Get Vaccinated Now, Not for the Schmuck Politicians, for All of Us

2021-08-25 by Phil Butler

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Greeks, get vaccinated. Not for the Schmuck Politicians who have fumbled on COVID. For all of us subject to new more deadly variants.

Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, coronavirus variants, COVID vaccine, delta plus, EODY, Greece, Greece coronavirus, Greece COVID-19, Greece tourism, Greece wildfires, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Turkey virus, vaccines

Greece’s South Aegean Islands Go ‘Dark Red’ as Blue Freedom Blows Up

2021-07-30 by Phil Butler

MYK Boat Club

The Greek government’s “Blue Freedom” scheme to put fill remote islands with tourists this summer just blew up in their political faces.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID vaccine, COVID warnings, crete, Crete COVID, Dark Red COVID List, EODY, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, Ios Island, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, Rhodes, Tinos island, vaccines

Greece Registers 3,593 New Cases As Protesters Clash With Police

2021-07-28 by Delia Gavrilescu

Vaccine worries

Greece confirmed 3,593 new coronavirus case in the last 24 hours. In Athens, anti-vaxxers clash with police for the third time in 10 days.

Tags: anti-vaxxers, Athens protests, COVID vaccine, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, EODY, Greece tourism ministry, Greece travel, Heraklion, infection load, Mykonos, Travel to Greece

Mykonos COVID Restrictions Lifted – Greece Records 2,007 New Cases

2021-07-27 by Argophilia Travel News

The COVID-19 pandemic curfew on Mykonos island lifted today. New cases across Greece were over 2,000 in 24 hours.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, Greece tourism, Mykonos, Mykonos curfew, Mykonos tourism, Mykonos vaccination

COVID Cases in Greece Skyrocket As Vacation Season Goes Full Tilt

2021-07-08 by Phil Butler

Amoudara Beach

Something of an emergency has taken place in Greece as the country recorded 1,820 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 restrictions, Crete COVID, Crete holidays, Crete pandemic, Crete vacation, Heraklion COVID, Heraklion pandemic

Greece Now Accepts Negative COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests for Tourists

2021-06-21 by Delia Gavrilescu

Greece travel

Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority will allow tourists to take rapid antigen tests in order to satisfy guidelines for entering the country.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 restrictions, Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Rapid Antigen, Rapid Antigen Tests, rapid tests, Travel to Greece

Greece COVID Cases Spiking On the Eve of Tourism’s Reopening

2021-05-07 by Phil Butler

Harry Theoharis

On the eve of Greece reopening to tourists, COVID-19 cases have spiked to 3,421 in a 24 hour period. Is Athens moving too fast?

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Greece 2021, Greece restart, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, pandemic Greece, Peter Greenberg, restart travel, travel

“Remain Calm” Greek Ministers Have “Everything” Under Control

2021-04-03 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The people of Crete are weary of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and the seeming inability of Greek leadership to protect them.

Tags: Corporate Watch, COVID vaccine, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Summer 2021, third wave, Tourism in Greece, Tourism Minister Theoharis, TUI

Greek Officials Trumpet Safety With Millions in Harms Way

2021-04-01 by Phil Butler

Theoharis

Greek officials are on a marketing campaign that is misleading, at best, touting the country’s safety when citizens are still in peril.

Tags: 2021 tourism, COVID vaccine, COVID-19 cases, Digital Green Vaccination Certificate, Greece tourism, Greece vaccine rollout, Harry Theoharis

Tour Operators Turn Trollish Over Critical COVID Conditions

2021-03-29 by Phil Butler

Tourism Trolls

The convergence of coronavirus vaccine necessity and marketing practice reveal just how desperate the tourism situation is in the EU.

Tags: Austrian tours companies, Coronavirus vaccine, COVID vaccine, Facebook groups, Greece tourism, Greece vaccine rollout, Hungary border, Open Tourism, Serbia vaccine, Tourism in Greece, tourism industry

Greek Hoteliers and Politicians Launch ACME Rocket PR Campaign

2021-03-19 by Phil Butler

ACME

Greek political and business leadership launches cartoonish tourism PR campaign in the midst of record COVID-19 cases.

Tags: Clean Monday, COVID vaccine, crete, Dimitris Kalaitzidaki, EU, EU COVID response, EU Travel, Greek hoteliers, Greek hotels, Greek SMEs, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Open Tourism, public relations, Sputnik V, Sustainable Greece, tourism

A Statement About Greece Tourism, COVID, the Vaccine, and Patience

2021-03-12 by Phil Butler

Phil Butler

A candid statement from the editor of Argo Travel News, about the untenable pandemic situation, people, and ministry in charge of caring.

Tags: AMKA, Celestyal Cruises, COVID vaccine, Crete COVID, Crete pandemic, Gloria Guevara, Greece pandemic, ITB Berlin, Ministry of Development and Investment, Norbert Fiebig, PAGNI Hospital, pandemic response, TUI, vaccine, WTTC

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