Mykonos bans music in bars and restaurants and starts night-time curfew

Music has been banned in restaurants and bars on the Greek island of Mykonos and a night-time curfew imposed after a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Greece's Civil Protection Ministry said the round-the-clock ban on music included shops, cafes and beach bars.

Under the curfew, only those going to and from work or to hospital will be allowed out between 01:00 and 06:00.

The measures were prompted by a "worrying" rise in local COVID infections, but the island's mayor, Konstantinos Koukas, said imposing measures at the heart of the tourism season was "unfair" and "misguided."

He wrote on Facebook, "Mykonos cannot be the only island where music won't be heard... the only thing this will achieve is that visitors will go to another island."

The ministry said in a statement, "We call on the residents, visitors and professionals on our beautiful island to strictly follow the measures... so that we can quickly control and contain the spreading of the virus and Mykonos can return to normality."

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