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Greece to Receive 1.2 Million Doses of Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine by Late March

In a press conference on Monday, Maria Theodoridou, president of Greece's National Vaccinations Committee, announced that the country would receive over 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer Covid vaccine by the end of March. The first inoculations in the country...

Covid-19: Cases Fall in Greece as Deaths Remain High

After many weeks of high covid-19 case numbers in the country, the number of daily cases recorded in Greece has finally fallen for the past two days. The country recorded a total of 526 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday,...

Special Vaccine Refrigerators Arrive in Greece; Greek PM to be Vaccinated December 27

Greece received a number of specialty vaccine refrigerator/freezers, designed to keep the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at a frigid -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit), on Sunday. The refrigerator/freezers -- which are currently being stored at an undisclosed location -- have...

Low Covid-19 Figures Continue in Greece: 588 New Cases, 70 Dead

The drop in the numbers of Covid-19 infections and deaths continues in Greece. On Sunday the National Public Health Organisation (EODY) announced 588 news cases and 70 deaths, while 515 patients are in intubation. According to EODY, 11 of the...

Greece's First Responders Doubt Covid-19 Vaccine and Won't Take it

A large percentage of health workers in Greece have responded negatively to the upcoming Covid-19 vaccination, with anti-vaccination doctors and nursing staff in some hospitals being the majority. According to a recent poll by Pulse among health professionals, 29 percent...

EU Counties Ban UK Flights Over New Variant of Coronavirus

Several European countries placed new restrictions on travel to and from the United Kingdom on Sunday due to concern over a new strain of the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly there. The Netherlands banned passenger flights from the UK until...

Numbers of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths Drop in Greece, Authorities Still on Alert

Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Saturday that 901 people were infected with Covid-19 and 58 died in the past 24 hours, while 534 are in intubation. Of the total cases, only six were detected in the country's...

Moderna Vaccine Gets OK from FDA; EU to Receive 160 Million Doses

The coronavirus vaccine developed by the American pharmaceutical firm Moderna, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was cleared by the FDA on Friday after receiving the all-important thumbs-up from its independent...

Covid-19 Deaths Exceed 4,000 in Greece; Kozani Under Strict Lockdown

Tragically, 96 people with Covid-19 passed away on Friday, 18 more than the number who passed away with the virus yesterday, Thursday,  bringing the total number of deaths with the virus in the country to 4,044. The median age of...

First Covid-19 Vaccines Expected in Greece on December 26

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Friday that the first Covid-19 vaccines will arrive in the country on December 26 and that vaccinations will begin the following day. "We believe that the first vaccines will be in Greece on December...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Has a Message on Covid: "We Need to Play Defense"

NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo joined the campaign against Covid-19 in Greece by starring in a video in which he calls on people to defend themselves against the virus by observing public safety measures, including wearing a mask. Fresh from agreeing...

Greece Imposes Stricter Local Lockdowns; Records 1,155 Cases Thursday

Greek Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Chardalias announced a series of new emergency lockdown measures on Thursday for the regions of western Attica that have been unable to curb the spread of Covid-19. The new measures will be in...

Covid Vaccination to Start Across the EU on December 27

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen announced on Thursday that vaccinations against Covid-19 will start on December 27, 28 and 29 throughout all EU countries. A senior EU official said on Wednesday the bloc could give its final approval...

Covid-19: Greece Records 85 Deaths on Wednesday

Greece recorded a total of 1,190 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, and 85 people with the virus passed away in the 24-hour-period. Currently, 552 patients with Covid-19 are intubated in Greece. Yesterday, Tuesday, 1,240 cases of the virus were diagnosed...

Greece to Receive Vaccine Before End of Year; Fewer Doses than Expected

Addressing the public on Wednesday, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced that there is "strong evidence" that Greece will receive the Covid-19 vaccine before the end of the year, somewhat earlier than previously thought -- but it will be...