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President Trump Touts Operation Warp Speed, Says Vaccine May Be Delivered in 2020
In a late afternoon press conference in the Rose Garden outside the White House on Friday, President Trump spoke about Operation Warp Speed, the US government's program which had as its aim the production of a coronavirus vaccine by...
Greece
Mt. Athos in Complete Isolation Until November 30
In response to the nationwide lockdown imposed after the huge spike in coronavirus cases, deaths and intubations around the country, Greece's monastic community of Mt. Athos, called the "Holy Mountain," has decided to enter complete isolation from the outside...
Animals
Greece Now Has Legions of Coronavirus Infected Minks
Covid-19 has now been detected in thousands of minks at a farm in northern Greece, according to an Agriculture Ministry official's statement on Friday.
The testing of the animals was spurred by the discovery just days ago of the virus...
Greece
Covid Vaccine Will Be Free of Charge for All Greeks, PM Mitsotakis Says
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised on Friday that the coronavirus vaccine, when made available in 2021, will be provided free of charge to all Greek citizens.
Speaking during a teleconference on the coronavirus vaccination strategy, Mitsotakis emphasized that the vaccine...
Greece
Greece Under Overnight Curfew Beginning on Friday
An overnight curfew will come into effect across the country on Friday, November 13, and last until November 30.
During the hours of 21:00 to 05:00 every day, citizens must restrict their outings to the bare minimum: only for work,...
Greece
Dark Day in Greece: Record Numbers of Cases, Deaths, and Intubations Thursday
A stunning 3,316 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece on Thursday, breaking the previous record of 2,917 cases, and 50 people who had suffered from Covid-19 have died in the country. There are currently 310 intubated patients in...
Greece
Greek Doctor Cries for Help: "We are at War with Covid"
Greek doctor Daniel Konstantinidis, who works at Papanikolaou General Hospital in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, published a cry for help on social media on Thursday, stating that "We are at war" with Covid-19.
Dr. Konstantinidis writes in his post that...
Diaspora
Study Says Distrust of Coronavirus Vaccine Could Lead to Insufficient Protection of Public
A new study released on Wednesday confirms the fears of many that the rampant mistrust of a coronavirus vaccine, and conspiracy theories which continue to swirl though social media, may end up costing the general public dearly if an...
Greece
Elderly Greek Couple Die One Day Apart from Coronavirus
An elderly Greek couple from the town of Volos died from the coronavirus just one day apart, it was announced on Thursday.
The 90-year-old man and his 86-year-old wife had been hospitalized for one week at the Achillopouleio Hospital after...
Greece
Archbishop of all Greece Ieronymos, Synod Members in Coronavirus Self-Isolation
It was announced late on Tuesday that the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos, along with the members of the Permanent Holy Synod, have now self-isolated as a precaution, after a case of the coronavirus was identified in...
Greece
Covid-19: Record 43 Deaths in Greece; New Emergency Measures Announced
A record 43 people who had suffered from Covid-19 died in Greece Wednesday, and there are currently 297 intubated patients in intensive care units around Greece -- representing the highest number of intubated patients recorded in one day since...
Greece
Thessaloniki Becomes the Epicenter of the Covid Pandemic in Greece
Health officials were dispatched to Thessaloniki on Wednesday to coordinate efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus as Greece's second largest city has become the epicenter of the second wave sweeping Greece since August.
According to the Greek Health...
Greece
A Greek to Save the World: Who is Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla?
The much-anticipated discovery of the coronavirus vaccine brought to the limelight the name of Pfizer's Chairman and CEO, Albert Bourla.
Greece
Covid-19: Record 263 Intubated Patients in Greece on Tuesday
A total of 2,384 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the country over the last day, and 41 deaths were recorded in those who had suffered from the virus. There are currently a record 263 intubated patients in intensive...