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Athens
Πέμπτη, 28 Μαρτίου, 2024

19.6 C
Athens
Πέμπτη, 28 Μαρτίου, 2024

News in brief

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News in brief

News in brief

News in brief

News in brief

News in brief

News in brief

News in brief

The Health Ministry has reported 16 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the country’s total to 2,760.  It also reported three new deaths, raising the death toll to 155.

On the new outbreak of 10 infections in the Roma settlement of Nea Smyrni, Larissa, authorities said 17 health authority groups had collected 652 test samples, while contact tracing was continuing.

Contact tracing is also continuing on the island of Lesvos, where two recently arrived migrants were confirmed infected by the coronavirus.

The health ministry is also tracing the contacts of health providers at “Elpis” hospital, who tested positive to the virus.

Organized beaches in Greece will reopen on Saturday, May 16, authorities announced on Wednesday, following meteorological and Covid-19 pandemic data.

Businesses running beaches, renting out sun umbrellas and sunbeds will be open as of 08:00 on Saturday, under restrictions.

The number of lives lost worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic is nearing 300 thousand, according to Johns Hopkins University figures.

The World Health Organisation has warned that coronavirus “may never go away” as its experts predicted that a global mental health crisis caused by the pandemic was looming.
This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away,” said Michael Ryan, the organization’s emergencies chief.

US President Donald Trump has criticized a warning given by top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci this week about the dangers of reopening the economy too quickly.
“To me it’s not an acceptable answer especially when it comes to schools,” Trump told reporters at the White House, noting he was surprised by the response Fauci gave to lawmakers in testimony to the US Senate on Tuesday.

The Municipality of Athens offers the Municipal building on Kotzia square and the Technopolis complex in Gazi for free cultural events from July to October 2020.

And the weather forecast…

Scattered clouds are expected in Attica today with the temperature reaching a maximum of 34 degrees Celsius.

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