The Ministry of Health announces a revised list of private Clinical Laboratories which have verified the procedure of conducting the diagnostic methodology that detects the genetic material of the virus (RT-RCR) – the only approved and acceptable COVID-19 research method – and to which all citizens and/or businesses may refer to privately for testing. It...Read More

As per Council of Ministers announcement today, the Council  approved a proposal providing for the mandatory self-isolation of 72 hours and the performance of PCR laboratory test 72 hours after the arrival of all passengers arriving from Category A and B countries announced here in English, thus strengthening the measures applied at the Airports of the Republic since their reopening...Read More

The Ministry of Health has announced the process to be followed for the testing of personnel going back to work on February 8th here in Greek. In order to ensure the smooth reopening of companies and professions, in the context of the strategy for the gradual restart of society and the economy, a national testing...Read More

After the issue of the latest decree on re-opening of Businesses we have received a number of questions for which we have received answers from the Ministry of Health. The answers were in Greek and are also attached for exact reference. The questions were listed as below: 1. Thοse companies that currently, in collaboration with...Read More

The Ministry of Health has issued clarifications here in Greek as regards the Mandatory weekly inspections announced in the Ministry of Health announcements yesterday 27/01/21. What follows is an unofficial translation. Aiming at the implementation of the threefold “test-vaccinations-strict monitoring of the implementation of the measures”, the Ministry of Health invests in the implementation of a program...Read More

The Ministry of Health has released the official translation of the Minister’s speech with additional clarifications as regards schools which we highlight and underline in Red Font. The full speech of the Minister is listed below: “ We are in the 3rd week of lockdown, which entered into force on 10 January 2021, and the improvement of the...Read More

Just now the Minister of Health has announced the measures to be followed in the next few weeks as the country reopens. As detailed by the Minister of Health Mr. Constantinos Ioannou: “The de-escalation steps will be very slow, coordinated and controlled, so that the epidemiological situation can be monitored and the possibility of epidemiological...Read More

Please be advised that the Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance announces that from today the payment of Benefits for participation in the Special Plans for December 2020 takes place for those applications that were duly completed and with a confirmed bank account. For those companies that did not have a confirmed bank account,...Read More

The Ministry of Health has issued revised FAQs this evening specifically related to Companies/ Services translated unofficially as follows: Private service companies (e.g. law firms, accounting firms, insurance companies, service companies, etc.), with the exception of the essential services set out in the Decree, work remotely. The physical presence of employees is allowed within the professional premises  as...Read More

The epidemiological image of various countries with regard to the COVID-19 disease has been re-evaluated by the Epidemiological Monitoring and Control of Infectious Diseases Unit of the Medical Services and the Public Health Services. The evaluation was based on the epidemiological indicators of the countries, such as: the effective reproduction number R(t) for SARS-CoV-2, the...Read More