Man cleared of bringing coronavirus from Italy as emergency measures unveiled

As doctors in western port city of Patra on Tuesday cleared a man suspected of bringing the highly contagious new coronavirus into Greece from Italy, the government unveiled a series of emergency measures to contain the disease in the case of an outbreak.

In a regular press briefing on Tuesday, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced a legislative act that will contain five initial measures decided during a government meeting at the prime minister's office in the Maximos Mansion on Monday.

The first article of the act gives authorities the right to carry out checks at all entry points (including highways and train stations) and to place individuals presenting possible symptoms of the disease under restriction and medial surveillance.

It also allows them to restrict air, sea and rail services from and to countries where infections of the new coronavirus...