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Inbound flights from Barcelona, Catalonia suspended as of August 31 due to rise in Covid-19 cases

Visitors from Netherlands will not be obliged to have negative test

Newsroom August 28 08:47

Inbound flights from Barcelona and Catalonia to Greece will suspended from August 31st, following a spike of Covid-19 cases in those areas, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias announced during a press briefing Friday. The obligation for a negative Covid-19 test from visitors from the Netherlands is suspended, due to the improvement of the epidemiological data of the country.

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As the Minister stressed, the sampling control of those entering from abroad will be extended until 15/9. Specifically, until September 19, precautionary checks will be carried out on passengers on flights from Sweden, Belgium, Bulgaria, Romania, UAE, Malta, Albania, Northern Macedonia and Spain.

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