Relaxation of Restrictions, Part IX *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

Hector Savage wrote: »

Absolute sense.

On 12 March, a national lockdown was announced, effective from 18:00 the same day. For two weeks, schools, kindergartens, fitness centres, hair salons etc. were closed. Sports and cultural events and gatherings were banned and restrictions applied to restaurants.[

On 16 March, the Government also announced they had decided to take the following measures by issuing a decree on implementing the Emergency Powers Act. The measures were scheduled to be in place until 13 April, after approval by the Parliament of Finland, but were later extended to 13 May:[34][35][36][37]

All schools will be closed, not including early education.
Most government-run public facilities (theatres, libraries, museums etc.) will be shut down.
Critical personnel will be exempted from the Working Hours Act and Annual Holidays Act, both in the private and public sector.

On 10 January, a new full lockdown—the country's second since the start of the pandemic—began and was scheduled to last until 31 January.[50] Dr. Karayiannis cited a full lockdown as the only way to curb the spread of the virus and said that a rise in cases should be expected (stemming from the Christmas period) before the numbers start to come down.[51]

On 1 February, the January lockdown was extended while shops and barbers were allowed to reopen under strict guidelines. Measures re-implemented from the first lockdown included a night-time curfew, no more than two people from the same household leaving their home, a requirement to send text messages to a special phone number to get permission before going out, and a maximum limit of three hours outside

on 13 March, to close down all cafes, sports leagues bars, museums, shopping centres, sports facilities and restaurants in the country. On 16 March, all retail shops were also closed and all services in all areas of religious worship of any religion or dogma were suspended. The government has announced a series of measures worth a total of around 24 billion euros, 14% of the country's GDP, to support the economy.[2]

On 22 March, the Greek authorities announced restrictions on all non-essential movement throughout the country

Greece put in place new measures and restrictions on movement and business activity from 7 November 2020. Kindergartens, primary schools and special schools initially remained open, unlike the first lockdown in March, while middle and high schools switched to distance learning.[11] On 14 November 2020, primary schools and kindergartens closed, initially for two weeks, and from 18 November 2020 they switched to distance learning.

On 14 December 2020 shops (utilizing the click away method)[12] as well as hairdressers and other facilities were allowed to open, while schools and restaurants remained closed. On 2 January 2021, starting from the next day, all the measures lifted or relaxed on 14 December were reinstated until 18 January, citing the opening of schools as reason for these measures.[13] However, the government's planned reopening of all schools on 8 or 11 January was criticised by many epidemiologists in the country and, in the end, only primary schools reopened on 11 January,[14] with secondary schools following suit on 1 February.

In late January 2021 the third wave began. On 12 February 2021 Attica was again placed in lockdown with the closure of schools (except high schools which had remained closed since early November) and retail outlets, but virus cases continued their rapid growth reaching 3,215 on March 9. Local lockdowns were imposed in more and more local districts resulting in the closure of high schools.[citation needed] On March 4, new measures were taken, including placing all Greece in the highest level of measures, thus closing high schools everywhere in Greece.

On the 10th of March 2021, following 510 new reported cases, the Maltese Government announced new measured that would go into effect on the 11th of March. These were:[36]

Schools to close on Monday and lessons shift online
Non-essential shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, casinos and services closed from tomorrow
Childcare centres to close from Monday
All ancillary services in hotels will be shut
Gozo travel restricted to essential travel and to those who own property there
Public group gatherings will be limited to 4 people
All organised sport activities are suspended
Pools, gyms, museums, theatres and cinemas will close

2021
January 15 : Government reinstates nationwide lockdown due to a surge in new cases.[22]
March 11 : The country launches its second time lockdown for a month. There are now a totaling 813,152 confirmed cases, 16,650 deaths since the pandemic broke out and 793,162 people have taken the vaccination

Stormyteacup wrote: »

But he was was referring to total workplace day closures? His frame of reference is from the Oxford study of severity of lockdowns so I can understand where the confusion lies.

However his point was relating to closed business days, he did not state those countries had no form of lockdown.