the Government will pay for the treatment and the accommodation of tourists.
ATHENS, 4 June. /Offset. TASS raspberries/. the Greek government is willing to treat tourists if they during the holidays will be discovered coronavirus; it will pay additional accommodation, but the return ticket in case of delay of returning home so travelers will have to buy themselves. Reported about it in interview to the correspondent of TASS managing Director of “Tez Tour Greece” Dimitris Haitidis.
“As stated by the government, if there are cases of coronavirus infection, it assumes the costs of his treatment,” said Haitidis, stressing that tourists don’t have to buy special insurance.
He explained that if there really sick, take him to the hospital and will be there to treat. “But it is unclear whether the quarantine was imposed for a hotel Director said. It was assumed that the family members of the sick will be moved to the quarantine hotel, where they will have taken the tests. If they have positive results, they too will be referred to the hospital, if negative, will return back to the hotel. But now say they are likely to do otherwise: they will just move to another hotel room, and they will be quarantined in the same hotel”. “But the most important is that the state assumes the cost of treatment,” said Charities.
However, if newly-arrived tourist will not stay in Greece due disease is longer than the period, then re-booking will be based on it. “State to pay it will not. His ticket will expire and will need to change it. And treatment and accommodation takes on the Greek state”, — said the representative of the travel Agency.
According to him, in the resort hotels there will be no problems with the buffet, about which fears were expressed that he may contribute to the spread of the virus. “The buffet will be, — assured Charities. But under the new protocols of the meals will be behind plexiglass and you cannot take your own food. Will the employee who will be putting her portions”.
the same thing, he said, applies to the system All inclusive (All inclusive). “Tourists are forbidden to take on its own bottling drinks. Doing this now will be impossible. By glass beverages are allowed, but they must submit,” said the Director. You will be able to choose drinks in bottles, said Charities, adding that a similar situation will happen on the beaches.
the Greek authorities have allowed from 15 June to make flights to the international airports of Athens and Thessaloniki tourists from 29 countries. This list included Albania, Australia, Austria, Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Seamstresses��Aria, Estonia, Japan, Israel, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Finland.
tourism Minister Haris theoharis explained that tourists from these countries can enter the territory of the Republic without complying with any quarantine or testing of the coronavirus, but, he said, “it retained the right to conduct random testing.” In the subsequent period will be declared an expanded list of countries that will be allowed to come in from 1 July. In case of occurrence of infections in hospitals on the Islands “created 600 beds for patients with COVID-19”, said the Minister.
the Situation with coronavirus in Greece compared to many neighbouring European countries relatively safe. According to June 2, the number of infected with the coronavirus in the country from 27 February to 2 937, most of them recovered, died of 179 people.
