Greece tightens COVID-19 lockdown, shuts primary schools

FILE PHOTO: Pupils, wearing masks against the spread of the new coronavirus, gather at the yard of a primary school during the first day after summer holidays amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Athens, Greece, September 14, 2020. Thanassis Stavrakis/Pool via REUTERS

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek authorities announced on Saturday the closure of nurseries and primary schools until the end of November, tightening a nationwide lockdown after a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Greece has fared better than many other European countries in tackling the coronavirus, mainly due to an early nationwide lockdown imposed weeks after the pandemic broke out in February.