(ANSA-AFP) - ATHENS, 22 MAG - Greece has extended until June
7 a coronavirus lockdown imposed on the overcrowded migrant
camps since March, the government announced Friday. "Measures
against the propagation of the COVID-19 virus are extended for
residents of the reception and identification centres across the
country," the migration ministry said in a statement. The
ministry did not say why the lockdown was being extended. On
March 17, the government imposed the lockdown on the migrant
camps both on the islands and the mainland. That was a week
after a more general lockdown in the country, which was eased
early this month after the apparent success in keeping the
outbreak in check. On May 10, it extended the measure for the
camps until May 21, and then until June 7 on Friday. As in the
rest of the country, the coronavirus outbreak has had little
impact on the camps. Among the 168 dead in Greece, there are no
known deaths so far due to COVID-19 among the migrants,
according to authorities. (ANSA-AFP).
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