Worried Brits scramble to delay Greece holidays over UK quarantine fears but some insist ‘it’s safer than England’
And another said: “We had Parga and Paxos booked for early September, now postponed to September 2021, but if the situation changes we will go for a week somewhere else in Greece earlier in the year.Others said they were holding off cancelling but were anxiously hanging on for news in case the country wasOne wrote: “I’m the same. I've got flights to Crete first week in September and a bit worried it will be headed towards UK ban / lockdown with current news.
Others, however, were more upbeat, insisting they would push ahead with their well deserved breaks regardless. Greece has fared relatively well against Covid-19 compared to some of its Mediterranean neighbours, with a total of just 228 deaths.The number of cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks stands at 14.2 – more than Germany's 13.3, but less than Britain's 17.1 or Spain's 90.3.
Boozers and eateries in Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, Rhodes, Zante and Crete must close at midnight, and cannot reopen until 7am under the new rules.
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