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PM to announce new measures as second Covid wave gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsprompted fears of a dramatic escalation in the infection rate. Greece registered 865 new cases... the infections typically leads the diagnostic confirmation of cases by about six days, and is prompting health authorities to expect a continued surge of confirmed cases in the city, where the arrival
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SYRIZA ups stakes over bankruptcy code as govt faces embarrassment over missing GD bigwig
PoliticsGreek Politicsof coronavirus cases. It is the latest in a series of gradual tweaks the government is making to suppress the virus. Another 882 cases were reported on Thursday, meaning the number of daily cases has
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High Covid-19 death rate leads to lockdown extension but fails to dampen vaccine scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsand ICU cases linked to Covid-19 show no sign of abating. Meanwhile, officials continue to build hope... of the country, has not led to a significant drop in the number of cases being reported in the northern city. It still leads Athens in terms of the daily Covid-19 cases, despite having a much smaller
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PM hopes for return to normality by summer, but vaccine progress remains slow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKKE warned that demonstrators would defy the order. On Monday, Greece registered 436 new cases of Covid-19 and 25 deaths, while the number of serious cases intubated in ICUs stands at 286. While... B.1.1.7 have so far been identified among 235 samples. The fact that not all cases relate to new
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PM tries to contain Covid confusion as protests on education and lockdowns intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicsand dissatisfied public. On Wednesday, Greece recorded 1,496 new cases of Covid-19, over half of them in the greater Athens area, and 17 deaths, while the number of serious cases in ICUs has been steadily... of the surge in Covid-19 cases. A few days earlier, SYRIZA, Communist Party KKE and MeRA25 called
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Greek #MeToo claims snowball amid accusations of political cover-up
PoliticsGreek Politicswith such instances. Several of the more prominent cases, such as that of Becatorou, have exceeded... the cases have been shelved. While the facts of this and other cases remain unconfirmed – no legal complaint
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Covid-19 stretches health system again, putting reopening of shops in doubt
PoliticsGreek Politicsa stark increase in the number of Covid-19 cases, leading to reported disagreements between scientists... of daily Covid-19 cases since early December on Tuesday, when the National Health Organisation (EODY) revealed that 2,147 new cases had been detected. Again, around half were found in Attica. However
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Starkly different solutions presented as govt nears lockdown decision point
PoliticsGreek Politics) reported 1,176 new cases on Monday, combined with a sharp increase in the positivity rate to over 6.5 pct... of new cases is in sight. The Health Ministry has been making efforts to increase the number of beds... others are calling for a 10-day hard lockdown to force cases down. Either way, policy makers appear
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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
, greater testing and more activity moving outdoors would bring the number of coronavirus cases down... sector, will not spark a rise in Covid-19 cases and lead to a repeat of the political wrangling.... On Thursday, almost 3,500 new cases were reported and the number of daily deaths also remained high at 83
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PM calls for step-up in jabs, tougher enforcement in response to rising infections
PoliticsGreek Politicspct increase in active Covid-19 cases in the past week, warning that the more contagious Delta... over recent weeks. The PM cited data showing that 99 pct of serious cases and deaths from Covid... fourth wave, which one of the models indicates could result in 2,000 daily cases by the end
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