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Officials monitor new Covid-19 outbreak, extend school closures
PoliticsGreek Politicsto treat and isolate the confirmed cases as well as their possible contacts. The migrant camp... able to suppress the outbreaks but in all the cases, less crowded centres on the mainland were... after the first cases were detected. For instance, the government took the decision to shut schools
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe effort to keep the number of coronavirus deaths and cases at a satisfactory level continues... risen to 98 (average age: 72), while the number of cases was up to 2,114. Of those 76 people... Covid-19 cases had been detected at a home for the elderly northeast of Athens. According to reports
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
Agoraonly 2,245 confirmed cases and 116 deaths from COVID-19 since the first case was announced... beds have been used on any given day since the outbreak of the pandemic, as numbers of serious cases... was already counting 322 confirmed cases and 11 deaths, while several of its northern provinces were
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PM declares tourism season open, rules out new lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a rise in coronavirus cases in Greece, where the number of deaths linked to the illness has... bolstering the medical facilities on the islands to create 450 beds for dealing only with Covid-19 cases... 4,000 arrivals at AIA were tested and only two positive cases were detected. “If we keep
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PM wades in on Turkey dispute as Covid-19 threat grows at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe growing threat that the resurgence of Covid-19 is posing in Greece. Another 262 coronavirus cases... of the cases are in Athens and Thessaloniki, including an outbreak at a home for the elderly in the northern city, where 38 cases were detected. According to head epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras, the virus
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Covid-19 puts pressure on health system, forces govt into more restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsand its environs, which accounted for 197 of the 310 Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday. Until... in cases since early August and the fear that Greece could enter the autumn, when other viruses usually... the coronavirus challenge has diminished over the summer, following an increase in cases and mixed messages from
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ND clarifies plans for emergency health system capacity as public mood over Covid-19 sours
PoliticsGreek Politicsof growing demand for ICU beds. Greece reported 312 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday... half the new cases were reported in Attica On Wednesday, following revelations in the media that 60.... On Wednesday, six schools closed in whole or in part as the result of cases identified in teaching
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Govt holds off on new Covid-19 measures as public reacts to GD ruling
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggest that if cases remain on their current curve they could reach as many as 2,000 a day by December. On Thursday, 436 new cases were announced and the number of intubated patients had risen to 91..., with an average age of 78. Attica remains a hot spot for the virus, claiming 219 of Thursday’s cases. Petsas
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Covid-19 inflicts minimal wear and tear for ND as opposition struggles to profit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe inability to contain the coronavirus in Greece, even though the number of cases and deaths... reported 436 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, keeping up pace with the daily rates over the last few weeks... as there have been no signs of the number of Covid-19 cases reaching alarming levels. Despite
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Govt examines stricter measures to rein in coronavirus as options dwindle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe soaring number of Covid-19 cases in Greece and what more authorities can do to prevent the virus... cases was set on Tuesday, when health officials announced that another 667 people had contracted... the last week, around 50 pct of cases were recorded outside of Attica, which had been Greece’s Covid-19
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