Health

The Friday meeting of Greece's National Vaccination Committee resulted in a unanimous vote to go forward with administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to citizens up to 64 years of age. The meeting was followed by statements by the president of the...

The American Food and Drug Administration will begin to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which the company states is 100% effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19, on February 26. The Johnson & Johnson product -- in contrast...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas issued a joint statement giving an optimistic overview of coronavirus vaccination campaigns in the EU on Friday. Their statement regarding the progress in vaccination, which began...

Transmission of Covid-19 has surged in Greece for yet another day, with the country recording 1,151 cases on Wednesday, which represents 110 fewer than the 1,261 cases that were diagnosed in the country one day earlier, on Tuesday. Previously, the...

A 15-year-old girl died from Covid-19 at the local hospital of Thebes on Wednesday, becoming the youngest person in Greece to succumb to the disease. The girl was admitted early on Wednesday to the hospital and died shortly afterward. The mayor...

Transmission of the coronavirus has surged in Greece, as the country recorded a stunning 1,261 cases on Tuesday, which represents 718 more than the 543 cases that were diagnosed in the country one day earlier, on Monday. Tragically, 22 people...

Covid-19 vaccination campaigns have turned into a dog-eat-dog competition internationally as shortages of the coronavirus vaccine have caused some nations to fend for themselves, trying to secure as many doses as possible. Only a few weeks ago, the arrival of the...

A total of 543 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece, nearly half of which, 265, were recorded in Attica, home to the capital city of Athens, on Monday. Monday's total cases are 49 more than the 494 cases that...

Greek authorities are trying to prevent a third wave of the coronavirus as authorities confirmed the first detection of the South African variant of the virus on Sunday. An extraordinary meeting was convened by the Minister of Health Vassilis Kikilias...

A total of 494 new cases of Coronavirus were diagnosed in Greece on Sunday, down from 795 that were recorded in the country one day earlier, on Saturday. Ten of the new cases were found in the entrance gates of...

The new South African COVID-19 variant has been found in Thessaloniki, Greece, it was made public on Sunday. Thessaloniki is Greece's second-largest city and capital of the region of Macedonia. It is home to approximately one million people. The broader area...

A total of 795 new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in Greece on Saturday, down from 941 that were recorded in the country one day earlier, on Friday. A great number of the new 716 cases were diagnosed -once again-...

The AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 has received the green light from the European Medicines Association, the medical regulator of the European Union, despite controversy over its distribution. The vaccine is the third to receive the EU's approval, following the shots...

Greek professor Charalambos Gogos proposed on Thursday that Greeks should be allowed to leave their homes and go about, depending on the end number of their ID cards. Those with ID cards ending in odd numbers could be allowed to...

A total of 716 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece on Thursday, 142 fewer than the 858 cases that were recorded in the country one day earlier, on Wednesday. A great number of Thursday’s 716 cases were diagnosed in...