An increase in subsidies for the electricity bills of households and enterprises and a suspension of certain payments for larger enterprises using the medium-voltage grid are among a package of measures being planned by the government to support businesses and households to cope with higher energy costs, government sources said on Monday.

The government will issue an Act of Legislative Content with measures to avert and contain the spread of the new coronavirus, to be deployed as necessary depending on the progression of the disease worldwide and if there is a confirmed case of the virus in Greece, government spokesperson Stelios Petsas announced on Tuesday at a press briefing.