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A Greek police source told The Daily Star: 'It does not matter who you are, celebrity or no. We are all doing our best to stop the virus spreading, and we will be very hard on those who do not listen.
His trip to taxi service Meteora greece last year sparked criticism from MPs, with Labour's Rosena Allin-Khan saying at the time: 'Most people have been following the guidelines and socially distancing - not everyone will get a holiday this year.
Amid the caution, best day trips from Pelion state-broadcaster CCTV announced further easing, with tourism and entertainment venues - including theatres, libraries, internet cafes and table game centres no longer requiring COVID tests and health codes.
LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday defended his decision to fly to Greece even though at that time the government advice was for UK nationals to avoid all but essential international travel.
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The Prime Minister's father continued: 'Ironically, in March this year Parliament approved the "Stanley Johnson loophole" by deciding that, even if government policy is to "avoid non-essential travel", travelling abroad for the purpose of managing a holiday home is now legally acceptable.
Stanley, 80, plans to stay on the Pelion peninsula with his wife at the beginning of September to manage his holiday home, which he says is a 'legally acceptable' excuse even if government policy advises to 'avoid non-essential travel'.
After being caught red-handed without a mask, the Prime Minister's father admitted he was 'maybe not 100 per cent up to speed' with the rules having just returned from abroad and said he was 'extremely sorry'.
Currently, Greece is listed as an amber country, meaning visitors must take a Covid test within three days before travelling back to England Pelion greece taxi fare to airport and quarantine for 10 days upon their return, booking tests on day two and day eight.
"I don't know what the reaction of the British public (has been), I came here to have a quiet time to organise the house," he said in comments to local reporters carried by Sky News, referring to measures to make the property COVID-19 secure for lettings.
Yet China has been anything but placid during the past few weeks, with protests against COVID curbs in many cities that marked the biggest show of public discontent since President Xi Jinping came to power a decade ago.
Bosses at more than 300 travel firms have written to the premier urging him to boil down the scheme to just a red list - containing the countries with the highest Covid rates or worrying variant outbreaks.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid is thought to be among the few who backed the proposals, believing the scheme would have given holidaymakers a fair warning that they could face an expensive quarantine hotel stay on their return to the UK.
Although the government on Wednesday loosened key parts of its strict "zero-COVID" policy that has kept the pandemic largely at bay for the past three years, many people appear wary of being too quick to shake off the shackles.
On the Beijing subway, many seats were empty on Friday night during what should have been rush hour, transportation in greece Meteora even though the city this week scrapped the need to show negative tests to ride trains or enter offices.
Little more than a month after the National Health Commission stressed commitment to its strict virus containment policy, Meteora guided tour saying it was "putting people and lives first", authorities have changed tack and are now telling people they have less to fear.
And experts have predicted holiday sales will soar today after the amber watchlist plans were dropped, giving more confidence to British holidaymakers that they will still be able to travel this summer.
BEIJING, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Judging by Friday's quiet streets in China's capital Beijing and the reluctance of some businesses to drop COVID curbs, enduring anxieties about the coronavirus are likely to hamper a speedy return to health for the world's second-largest economy.
The Prime Minister's father revealed he will use the 'Stanley Johnson loophole' to travel to Greece and visit his holiday let while calling for his son to 'make the country an easy destination again' amid the amber list chaos.
But he recalled speaking to a Greek journalist who said the country's government had banned 'direct flights', prompting him to stop over at the Bulgarian capital of Sofia before taking a 'more-or-less connecting flight to Athens'.
Zhong Nanshan, a prominent Chinese epidemiologist, said that 99% of people now infected with the virus would recover in 7 to 10 days, in comments reported by the People's Daily, controlled by the ruling Communist Party.
