Islanders fear wave of arrivals from mainlanders

People tend to feel safe from outside influences when they're surrounded by water. But the arrival on Greece's islands over the past few days of local students and workers returning from other parts of the country and mainlanders self-isolating in their holiday homes is making the islanders jittery.

And given that most of the islands are equipped only with rudimentary healthcare facilities, they have good reason to worry.

Last week, the Regional Authority of the Southern Aegean asked that a ban be put on travelers to the islands who are not permanent residents or have specific work there, while several municipalities, such as that of Amorgos, called on anyone who has presented symptoms of Covid-19 or has traveled abroad recently to stay away.
The phenomenon is particularly acute in the islands of the Cyclades group. "There is a sense that we are isolated, which...