Greece has said it will open to visitors from 29 countries from 15 June, days before its peak tourism season begins, although Ireland is not on the list of countries.
The countries are: Germany, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Japan, Malta, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Australia, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Hungary, South Korea, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Finland.
Visitors will be randomly tested, the tourism ministry said, and the government would monitor and evaluate developments related to the coronavirus.
The list will be updated before 1 July, the tourism ministry said. The Mediterranean nation, which emerged from a decade-long