Almost 100,000 Covid-19 inspections were carried out throughout Greece, resulting in arrests and fines

Almost 100,000 Covid-19 inspections were carried out throughout Greece, on Saturday, the first day of implementation of the new measures to limit the spread of coronavirus, according to the National Transparency Authority (EAD) .

Specifically, on  6 November, 99,258 inspections were carried out by police, coast guard and other authorities, of which 601 were found to have breached epidemiological measures.

A total of 228,150 euros in fines and suspension of operation were imposed on 25 businesses, while 11 arrests were made by Greek police.

The main violations concerned the non-use of a mask indoors and the non-observance of social distancing; the non-display of the maximum number of people allowed inside the store; the non-observance of the rules of operation / limit of customers within the store and lack of Covid-19 certification.