It’s been a week since I last reviewed Greece.

Being a popular destination, here’s a further review exploring the latest on cases, testing & vaccinations.

All are key factors contributing to the UK government’s decision-making in categorising nations in early May.

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Let’s start with cases.

On Thursday (April 22nd), 3,010 cases were reported, down from 3,822 last Thursday (April 15th).

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Following April 22nd’s report, the 7-day average for cases is 2,627.

7-days earlier (April 16th), this same statistic was 2,867.

You can see this represented by the orange line in the graph below.

Slow progress - but nevertheless, progress!

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Let’s now consider the 7-day case rate per 100,000 people... an important statistic used last year by the UK govt. to determine whether arrivals from some nations should be subject to quarantine.

April 22: 181.8
April 16: 171.9

This further shows the slow fall of cases.

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At a glance, cases can provide a good picture of the prevalence of COVID in a nation.

However, it’s important to consider testing.

From April 16-22, 378,206 tests were performed, with 18,389 returning positive.

That’s a positivity rate of 4.9%.

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Compared to other nations, this isn’t too bad.

Greece has a lower positivity rate than France & Spain.

Tests per thousand people in comparison to most European countries is mediocre, but respectable.

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Vaccinations are thankfully on the rise too.

As of April 15th, 1,620,067 individuals had received at least one dose (15% of population).

A week on (April 22nd), 1,924,630 people had received at least one vaccine (17.9% of population).

That’s an 18.8% increase.

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In recent weeks, vaccination programmes have sped up across Europe.

As evidenced by the graph below, things were moving pretty slowly until around mid-March.

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With more evidence surfacing that vaccines reduce transmission, we should see cases continue to fall, alongside the impact of COVID-related restrictions.

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From May 17th, I still think it’s likely Greece will begin as an “amber” nation under the UK govt.’s “traffic light” system, with most of Europe.

However, with cases falling & vaccines rising, I’m optimistic it’ll eventually change to “green”, perhaps in June/July.

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Cases and vaccinations heading in the right direction are vital here.

There’s also rumours we could see some of the islands placed on the “green” list, separate from the mainland and other islands which may begin as “amber” destinations.

I’ll have more out on this soon!

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