The Chief of the Hellenic Police announced that all public gatherings of more than 100 people are banned effective from 06:00 today (January 26, 2021) until 06:00 on February 1, 2021.
As the statement explained, the decision was reached in the interest of protecting public health under the circumstances caused by the pandemic, and in accordance with the recommendations by the Covid-19 expert committee to curb the risk of the spread of the virus.
Anyone in violation of the measure will be fined an administrative fine of (5,000) euros to legal entities, and (3,000) euros to individual persons, while an administrative fine (300) euros to persons violating the ban by participating in public outdoor gatherings.
“The ban does not concern the presence of citizens in commercial places, shops, etc.”, the decision said.
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