Unvaccinated Greeks will need a negative COVID test to access services

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past closed shops in the Monastiraki area, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Athens, Greece April 4, 2021. REUTERS/Konstantinos Tountas/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - Unvaccinated Greeks will need to show a negative COVID-19 test to access state services, banks, restaurants and retail shops as cases hit a new daily record on Tuesday, health authorities said.

Greece reported 6,700 new coronavirus infections in the preceding 24 hours on Tuesday, breaking a previous single-day record of 5,449 that was recorded on Monday.