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Death toll due to infection with coronavirus increased to 101 on Tuesday morning after an 84-year-old man and a 96-year-old woman died in hospitals in Athens in the last 12 hours. During the daily briefing on the course of the pandemic in Greece earlier on Monday, health authorities had announced …
Read More »IOM: 2,000 vulnerable asylum applicants off hotspots for COVID-19 protection
More than 2,000 asylum applicants on Greek islands belong to coronavirus-vulnerable groups and will be temporarily moved from hotspots, International Organization of Migration (IOM) Mission Chief for Greece Gianluca Rocco said on Monday. Rocco said that the IOM plans to temporarily house these people in hotels and apartments on the …
Read More »Doctors, nurses applaud Argentinian woman discharged from ICU after 3 weeks
With doctors and nurses applauding her, a COVID-19 patient,a 63-year-old woman from Argentina was discharged from the ICU of the Herakleio hospital after she was treated there for three weeks. “The chances were overwhelming against her,” wrote Director of ICU Anestis Kioulpalis on his Facebook account. “Emotions run high. Our …
Read More »Deadly disease killing olive trees across the Mediterranean could cost the industry £17.5BILLION
Xylella fastidiosa is the most deadly pathogen in the world for all plants and there is no cure. It is currently infecting trees in Italy and is threatening Spain and Greece.
Read More »“Gradual lockdown lifting in Greece to start early May,” says Gov’t spokesman
Government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced that the gradually lifting of lockdown restrictions may start in the first days of May and may be completed by mid-June, if the course of the coronavirus pandemic continues in the same modus, the virus curve flattens and there is no resurgence of the pandemic …
Read More »Coronavirus:- When will the restrictions be lifted?
As this week is the most crucial, Greece will have to see what the outcome will be. Plans of lifting the restrictions in place due to the coronavirus are being discussed. Talks of a date that if everything goes according to plan could be around the 10th of May,2020. However, …
Read More »Minister of Tourism planning ahead.
The Greek tourism ministry is currently working on a proposal for a safe entry protocol for tourists coming to Greece, once the arrival of tourists is permitted. Restrictions will be in place and introduced in a phases for this year’s season Deputy Tourism Minister Manos Konsolas revealed the government’s plan …
Read More »Restrictions for those who want to “get away” over Easter.
The days ahead are critical as it is expected to be clear if we will have a peak in the epidemiological curve. The eyes of the government and scientists are on the churches and the citizens’ gatherings over Easter. Have we controlled the spread of the virus or not? What …
Read More »Corfu mayor apologizes for church going, Bishop’s trial in May
Mayor of Corfu, Meropi Ydraiou apologized on Monday for her church going a day earlier although she claimed at the same time that she did not attend the religious service but the procession of Agios Spyridion inside the Church. Playing with words and semantics, she said that she stayed in …
Read More »Coronavirus:- Greece update.
Another man died in our country in the last 24 hours, due to COVID-19, as announced during the briefing of the Ministry of Health on the course of the virus in our country. The number of deaths in our country now amounts to 99, of which 26 are women and …
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