Hellenic authorities have been put on alert after their epidemiological services obtained information that Albanian immigrants and Greek citizens crossing the border into Greece present stereological, not PCR tests as required since August 17.

Sources from the Greek Ministry of Health have revealed that this ministry had warned for several days, precisely the suspicions that the tests from Albania will not be accurate, and may even be falsified.

During an urgent meeting on Wednesday morning, it was decided that no test which will not be PCR and will not be equipped with bar code and QR code will be accepted at the entry points from Albania. It was also decided that for the next 10 days, the teams of epidemiologists will remain at the border and who will receive confirmation tests from passengers at the border.

Furthermore, the sources clarified that regardless of whether or not the laboratory is certified, no passenger can cross into Greece without bar code and QR coding. The same ministry explains that in cases where it will be noticed that the test sheet will be forged, the persons will be sent to court under serious charges, such as forgery of the official document and violation of protection rules by Covid, which are punishable by imprisonment and heavy fines.

A day earlier, the Greek authorities made known that since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, 63 Albanian citizens were found as coronavirus infected, while more than 2.5 million passengers have entered the country from land, sea and airports.