Greek gov't ready to take specific measures to deal with impact of coronavrius, FinMin says

The Greek government is ready to take specific measures for each possible scenario of consequences from the spreading of coronavirus in the Greek economy, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Tuesday.

Speaking in Parliament during a briefing of a parliamentary commission on developments in the revision of fiscal regulations in the EU, the deepening of EMU and the European Green Deal among others, Staikouras said that the impact of the coronavirus will be discussed during an extraordinary meeting of the Eurogroup through a teleconference on Wednesday "to assess the situation and to take all necessary actions on European and national level."

"We aredealing with the problem with responsibility, we are examining the consequences of the problem, we are reviewing all alternative solutions and we have specific measures for each scenario in an emergency," the Greek FinMin said, adding that Greece was coordinating its contacts with representatives of the economy currently affected, or likely to be affected, by the spreading of the coronavirus, in order to take the necessary actions.