Haircutting And Buying Books Are The First Things Greeks Do When Lockdowns Are Relaxed

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JAKARTA - The number of the spread of COVID-19 in Greece has begun to decline since the implementation of the lockdown for more than one month. Glancing at this, policy owners have begun to loosen the lockdown policy in order to restore the wheels of economic turnaround in the Land of the Gods.

As a result, Greeks can finally return to outdoor activities starting Monday, May 5. At the same time, bookstores, flower shops, beaches and salons are being visited again by residents.

Launching Reuters, the easing of the lockdown was finally more complete when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to discuss options for easing the lockdown with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The meeting finally resulted in an agreement to immediately begin the easing phase.

"Starting today, we gradually relax the lockdown policy. For that, now we have to be twice as careful," said Mitsotakis.

On that basis, Greek citizens no longer bothered to make a declaration to obtain legal permission to do outdoor activities. This is because various activities such as shopping, medical treatment and sports have been allowed to return.

"Easing the lockdown is a positive step. It will encourage us. However, we still remember to always wear masks and maintain security," said one Greek resident Efi Karanikolaou who was visiting the salon.

For this reason, Athens and other cities seem to have increased the number of traffic flows. Not only that, queues have also begun to appear at shops selling electrical equipment. In fact, residents have been able to visit churches to pray individually, even though large-scale religious services have not been continued.

Even so, policy owners still carry out their responsibilities to fight the spread of COVID-19. One of the efforts is to always disinfect public places such as bus stops.

To ensure safety, the police also conduct direct inspections to stations and on buses. All of this was done to ensure that Greek citizens remain obedient by appealing to wearing masks and carrying out physical distancing rules.

So far Greece has confirmed 2,626 cases of COVID-19 transmission. Among them, there were 144 cases who died.