Music at outdoor cafés and restaurants will be permitted as of Saturday (June 12) and the current overnight curfew will be shortened by one hour, as part of the further lifting of social restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cafés and restaurants at well-ventilated galleries will be allowed to reopen, but only those that have a separate entrance and exit, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced at Wednesday’s regular live briefing.

As of 6 a.m. on Saturday, the curfew will begin at 1.30 a.m. until 5 a.m. On July 1 the measure will end, if epidemiological data allows for it, noted the minister.  

The maximum capacity at live venues will be increased to 75 percent from the current 50 percent for audiences up to 1,000 people, to 70 percent for up to 5,000 people, and to 65 percent for venues which can handle up to 15,000 people; any venue larger than 15,000 people will be allowed a fixed maximum of 10,000 attendees.

Additionally, as of July 1, the maximum attendees at wedding receptions and catering services is raised from the current 100 to a maximum of 300.

Speaking at the same briefing, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said that vaccination of bed-ridden citizens will begin at the end of June, who will be given Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose vaccine.

He also reminded reporters that the 25-29 age group can begin booking their vaccination appointments on Thursday.

[ANA-MPA]