Greece imposes curfew in Attica Region to combat virus

Streets and squares in the Greek capital of Athens were empty on Saturday night as an extended curfew to stop the spread of the coronavirus took effect.

The Greek government announced on Friday a new curfew in the Attica region and two more regions which will remain in place every weekend until at least February 15.

The curfew began at 16:00GMT and will run until 03:00GMT.

The country of 11 million people is currently vaccinating those 80 and over, as well as health care workers.

Greek authorities said on Saturday a further 1,113 new virus cases and 29 new deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours.

Greece's total number of confirmed coronavirus cases is now 163,213, with 5,951 dead.