Music banned on Greece's Mykonos in new COVID-19 restrictions


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  • Saturday, 17 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: A Greek national flag flutters as people visit a beach, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Athens, Greece, April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece banned music in restaurants and bars and restricted movement on its popular holiday island of Mykonos on Saturday after a rise in new coronavirus infections there.

Known as the party island of the super-rich, Mykonos is one of Greece's most popular destinations, attracting more than a million visitors each summer, among them Hollywood stars, models and world-famous athletes.

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