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Greece's popular holiday islands 'one step' away from tougher Covid restrictions
Covid restrictions could be imposed on some of Greece’s most popular holiday islands amid a rapid rise in infections. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) marked the South Aegean islands in the very high risk category of dark red last week.Officials have advised against all but essential travel to the region, which covers destinations such as Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes and Kos.Nikos Hardalias, Greece’s Deputy Civil Protection Minister, said that Mykonos and Ios were “one step” away from further restrictions being imposed to deal with rising infections.Both islands have currently been marked as ‘orange’ under Greece’s Covid system of restrictions.