Health

Greece partially opened up on Monday with the opening of small retail stores and hairdressers and the free movement of people within the prefecture of their permanent residence. Greeks took the first tentative steps back to normal life after more...

Greece will lift its mandatory stay at home lockdown for all citizens on Monday as it makes a transition from the “stay home” containment policy to the “stay safe” campaign. Authorities warn, however, that the danger of a rebound of...

Greece’s Health Ministry on Friday that the death toll from coronavirus remained unchanged at 140. The average age of the dead is 74 years. It also announced 21 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total in...

The Health Ministry’s coronavirus spokesman, infectious disease professor Sotiris Tsiodras on Thursday evening announced 15 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours, and one new death. The total number of Covid-19 cases in Greece now...

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we fly and travel in planes. Taking a casual look to see if there are any cheap flights for this summer, one grasps immediately that there are no flights whatsoever available for...

A stiff fine of 150 euros is envisaged for Greeks who flout the new rule calling for the wearing of face masks after May 4, when the first set of coronavirus quarantine measures are lifted. As of that date, the...

It was the beginning of March when the first cases of Covid-19 in Greece began to multiply. Springtime was smiling shyly and Greeks were already shedding their winter clothes and preparing for Easter, which was a month or so...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday the gradual relaxation of quarantine measures, which will begin this coming Monday, May 4. In a televised address, Mitsotakis thanked the Greek people who had to endure almost two months of lockdown...

Greece's health authorities announced on Monday that two more people had succumbed from the coronavirus, bringing the death toll in the country to 135, whereas there were only 17 new cases. Greek Health Ministry spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras said that the...

Greece is about to start a gradual lifting of its draconian coronavirus restrictions, but locals and tourists alike know that -- this summer at least -- beach life will be radically different from what we are used to. Scientists continue...

Groups of researchers from various departments and laboratories of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) have coordinated their efforts and joined forces, with the initial goal of producing face shields using 3D printing. These face shields, which have...

As the Greek government is expected to announce the gradual lifting of coronavirus restrictions, which are expected to start on May 4, health authorities announced on Sunday that four more people had died of the virus in the last...

The Greek government is expected to announce next week the gradual lifting of coronavirus restrictions which will start on May 4, as health authorities announced on Saturday that no fatality had been recorded in the last 24 hours. Health Ministry...

The coronavirus pandemic is changing life styles across the globe as people are wondering if and when they can enjoy the things they used to again — like going out to dinner. A restaurant in Rome is now testing out...

Greek authorities announced on Thursday that all Covid-19 tests performed on residents of the town of Kranidi, Peloponnese, were negative. Authorities had been particularly concerned that the coronavirus had spread to the local population after a cluster of infections was...