Νews in brief
Cardiology professor and former Health Minister, Demetris Kremastinos died this morning at the age of 78. He had been hospitalized at Evaggelismos since March 26, with coronavirus symptoms.
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Greece has reached 150.
Global confirmed cases stand at 3.8million, with 268,000 deaths, most of them reported in the US and Russia.
Students return in high schools across the country. First to attend schools are Juniors next Monday.
They will be seated in classes of 15 students at most, and 1.5 meters apart from each other.
“Only with a negative coronavirus test, will tourist be able to get in planes to Greece”, stated Tourism Minister Charis Theoharis at german daily FAZ.
Archaeological sites are expected to reopen on May 18th. Visitors will have to respect the 1.5 meters social distancing measure.
Museums will reopen on June 15th.
Open air cinemas will reopen on June 1st across the country, with a capacity of 40%.
France will start to relax its lockdown on Monday except in Paris and several north-eastern regions.
Europe marks today the 75th anniversary of Victory of Europe Day under lockdown.
And the weather forecast…
Sunny in Attica today with the temperature expected to reach a maximum of 24 degrees Celsius.
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