Vacationers huddling on ships and aircraft for a visit to some Greek summer paradise will be exposed without any shield to the new subvariants of the virus.

An expanding investigation into the issuance of fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates in a handful of cities around Greece has been transferred to Greek Police’s (EL.AS) internal affairs division, a week after a single employee at a central Greece health center issued nearly three dozen such documents.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis participated in the European Council video conference on the European Union's strategy for dealing with the pandemic late on Thursday.