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Greece
Greece Records 59 Covid Deaths and 400 Intubations as Second Wave Peaks
A staggering 400 patients are now intubated in Greece and 59 people with Covid-19 died Monday as the second wave of the coronavirus reaches its peak in the country. A total of 2,198 cases were diagnosed in Greece over...
Greece
Greek Left Accuses Government of Authoritarianism for Banning Polytechnic Rally
The three leftist parties in the Greek Parliament have blasted the New Democracy government for banning the Polytechnic uprising's annual demonstration on Tuesday, November 17 as part of the strict new coronavirus measures imposed recently all over the nation.
Syriza,...
Greek News
Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine 95% Effective, According to Early Data
In another hugely important piece of coronavirus news after last week's bombshell revelation that the Pfizer company's vaccine had proven to be 90% effective, on Monday Moderna announced that its own vaccine has shown so far that it has...
Greece
Greece in Shock as Country Records 71 New Deaths Despite Lockdown
The Greek National Organization of Health, EODY, announced on Sunday afternoon that 71 people had died in the last 24 hours after contracting COVID-19.
It was also announced that 1,698 cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed over the last day.
There...
Greece
Greek Police Bans Public Gatherings Ahead of Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary
The Greek Police issued a statement late on Saturday night announcing that all public gatherings of more than four people in Greece's public places will be banned from Sunday, November 15, to Wednesday, November 18.
This comes as Greece prepares...
Greece
Coronavirus Pandemic: Greece Records 38 New Deaths; 2,835 New Cases
On Saturday, Greek health authorities announced that 2,835 cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed in the country over the last 24 hours and 38 people who had suffered from the virus had died.
There are currently 366 intubated patients in...
Animals
Culling of Thousands of Coronavirus-Infected Minks Begins in Kozani, Greece
The procedure to cull a total of 2,500 thousand minks began in Greece's northern city of Kozani on Saturday. All 2,500 minks had contracted the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.
The infected mink population is located in the village of Kaloneri of...
Greek News
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
Covid 19: New Cases Over 3,000 for Second Consecutive Day, Record 336 Intubations in Greece
On Friday, it was announced that 3,038 cases of Covid-19 had been diagnosed in Greece over the last 24 hours and 38 people who had suffered from the virus had died. There are currently a record 336 intubated patients...
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...