PM Mitsotakis to address Greek citizens at 18:00 and outline transition plan to normalcy

Health Ministry spokesperson Professor Sotiris Tsiodras, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias and other officials will then give details on the plan to be applied as of May 4.

"The transition to normality will be carried out gradually and in a coordinated manner," government spokesperson Stelios Petsas said. "After the end of the restrictive measures, the government's coordinated plan will start to be unveiled in phases, in May and June. The easing of the measures will be done with some distance between each step so that the impact in terms of the pandemic can be evaluated," he added.

According to Petsas, "first to open will be hairdressers and smaller enterprises, with specific rules governing contact with customers. Afterwards, and gradually, this will be followed by the opening of schools, then larger businesses, stores and restaurants, always with specific rules and provided everything is going smoothly with regard to the population's health.

Churches will open for personal worship from the early stages of the lifting of measures while, at a later stage, the churches will open with specific rules and protections measures.
The year-round hotels will open first, followed by seasonal hotels after transport has been restored from the end of June, early July.