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Greece Records 8,083 Covid-19 Cases on Tuesday

2022-06-15 by Argophilia Travel News

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Officials at Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) confirmed 8,083 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, on Tuesday.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Crete COVID, EODY, Greece tourism, health crisis, Mykonos, Mykonos tourism, Santorini, Santorini COVID, Santorini tourism

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

2021-12-16 by Phil Butler

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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

Greeks to Test Passengers From 13 Countries for COVID-19

2021-08-20 by Phil Butler

Paros Airport

According to a Civil Aviation Service (CAS) report, passengers who arrive in Greece from 13 countries must now submit to COVID testing.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID precautions, COVID testing, Crete COVID, Greece COVID-19, Greece pandemic, Greece passengers, Greece tourism, Greece vaccines, Mykonos, Mykonos COVID-19, Mykonos parties, Rethymno COVID, Travel to Greece

Greek Officials Enact Further COVID Restrictions on Crete Island

2021-08-19 by Argophilia Travel News

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Greek authorities have ordered lockdown-style COVID restrictions for the Crete town of Rethymno, extending measures in Chania and Heraklion.

Tags: Chania, crete, Crete COVID, Crete curfew, Crete pandemic, Crete tourism, Greece COVID-19, Heraklion, lockdown, Rethymno

Greek Officials Record 3,270 New Cases of Covid-19 in Past 24 Hours

2021-08-15 by Argophilia Travel News

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Greece recorded 3,270 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 24 deaths associated with the disease.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Crete COVID, EODY, Greece vaccinations, pandemic Greece

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

2021-07-30 by Phil Butler

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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

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

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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