Covid-19 vaccination certificates will no longer be required for entry at indoor spaces as of May 1, as the government accepted a recommendation by the Health Ministry's committee of medical experts on Thursday. 

Coffee, food and entertainment venues are among the indoor spaces affected by the measure of suspending the certificate requirement for indoor seating. The measure is also suspended for tourists, who were required to show the EUDCC certificate of vaccination when entering Greece.

In addition, the committee reduced the number of mandatory weekly rapid self-tests for unvaccinated workers and for school and university teachers from two to one per week, whereas staff in  hospitals and care facilities for the elderly will still have to present two tests a week.

Accompanying the new measures is the return of all venues to 100% seating capacity.
Further details will be provided by an upcoming ministerial decision.

In a separate briefing, Alternate Health Ministry Mina Gaga reiterated that, according to the health committee, wearing masks in indoor spaces will remain in effect at least until the end of May. Masks are still recommended for crowded outdoor spaces also, she said.