In almost all European countries, new Covid infections are currently increasing again. The Austrian AGES attributes this to the increased travel traffic and claims, among other things, that the majority of new infections are "imported" from abroad. Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis takes a different view.

The member of the government said, among other things, that there are currently no signs that the increase in Covid infections is due to tourism. Theoharis points out that an "extremely small percentage was imported into Greece from abroad".

In the first ten days of July, a total of 105.609 tests were carried out at the Greek borders. Only 74 tests are said to have been positive. "That means that only 0,07 percent of travelers tested positive for the coronavirus," said the tourism minister. But there are supposed to be differences: at the land borders the positive rate was 0,01 percent, at the ports 0,07 percent and at the many airports 0,09 percent.

"The insignificant rate of positive cases at the border points of the country clearly shows us that the increase in Covid-19 cases in Greece is not related to tourism," Harry Theoharis is convinced.