The Greek Health Ministry confirmed a new case of coronavirus, on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to eight.
The latest case of COVID-19 involves a man who is related to a previously-confirmed victim of the virus who remains in an isolation unit in a Thessaloniki hospital.
The man’s condition was diagnosed by experts at the Medical School of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.
So far, all the Greek victims of the Covid-19 coronavirus have reported only mild symptoms.
There are currently more than 90,000 cases confirmed around the world — the overwhelming majority of which are in China — but as more deaths are reported in Italy, Iran and the United States, authorities are considering new quarantine zones and travel restrictions.
On Monday, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, said that the risk of a European COVID19 Coronavirus outbreak has risen from moderate to high.
The EC President said that the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control increased the risk level to high for people who are living in the European Union. ”In other words, the virus continues to spread,” von der Leyen noted in her announcement.
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