Greece lifts lockdown on hotels, primary schools

News24xx.com -  Greece has lifted lockdown restrictions for hotels, open-air cinemas, golf courses and public swimming pools as the country ramped up preparations for the crucial summer tourism season to start in two weeks. Primary school children also returned to class.

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Strict public safety measures have kept Greece's COVID-19 infection rate low with 2,917 cases. The country has seen only 175 virus-related deaths, according to the health ministry.

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International flights with screening procedures will return to Athens and Greece's second-largest city of Thessaloniki starting on June 15, and will be expanded to the rest of the country on July 1.