Greece Report

The Greek government was initially unprepared to face a crisis on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic, but ultimately reacted to it swiftly and effectively. Although it did not pursue large-scale testing among the population, it was able to effectively enforce two periods of lockdown, with greater success in the first wave of the pandemic (spring 2020) than in the second wave (winter 2020 – 2021). During the first, strict lockdown, businesses and schools at all levels of education were closed down across the country, while public sector personnel worked on a rotating basis or from home.