About 60 schools are temporarily closed due to the pandemic when the new semester in Greece begins.

January 19th local time, according to the data of the Greek Ministry of Education, as of the morning of the 19th, a total of about 60 schools in Greece, including kindergartens, primary schools and special education institutions, had been temporarily closed due to confirmed cases of COVID-19 or their close contacts.

On January 11, all kindergartens, primary schools and special education institutions in Greece were reopened, and all students returned to school for a new semester in 2021.

As of the 18th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Greece reached 148,925, and the total number of deaths was 5,488.