Greece to keep schools, restaurants shut until after Christmas

A woman wearing a protective face mask and her dog make their way past the Panathenaic stadium, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said on Monday that it will not re-open schools, restaurants and courts until Jan. 7, effectively extending most of the restrictions the country imposed last month to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Greece had to enforce a nationwide lockdown in November, its second this year, after an aggressive surge in COVID-19 cases. It has extended it twice since then, most recently until Dec. 14.