Greek PM sees pandemic stabilising, eyes May reopening to tourists

ATHENS: Greece should be able to open up for tourists from May 15, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed on Wednesday, saying the coronavirus pandemic was showing signs of stabilising helped by the rollout of vaccines.

"The vaccines, the self-tests and the better weather make us confident that this unprecedented adventure is ending," Mitsotakis said in a special television address. The government had previously announced it hoped to allow tourism, a sector accounting for a fifth of total economic output in Greece, to resume from mid-May but a surge in infections had caused increasing concern.