Health

Greek health authorities reported the death of two patients from the coronavirus on Sunday night following nearly three days without any fatalities at all. Sunday’s first victim was a 66-year-old woman who was being treated at the capital’s Sotiria Hospital,...

Greece takes another major step towards normalcy as hotels, summer cinemas, swimming pools, schools reopen on Monday. Starting June 1, hotels operating 12 months out of the year (seasonal hotels will start working on June 15), campsites and campgrounds (with...

Editor's Note: Some of the guidelines on who and when can travel to Greece have been changed and are described in detail here: Greece Opens to All Tourists Regardless of Nationality on June 15 Greece is open again to receive...

Sotiris Tsiodras, the epidemiologist in charge of Greece's management of the coronavirus crisis, said on Tuesday that had Greece not locked down and imposed other restrictions on society, instead of only 173, there would have been many thousands of...

Greece's health authorities announced a total of four new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday and one new death in the last 24 hours. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Greece, the total number of cases has now reached 2,882;...

After more than two months of coronavirus lockdown, cafes and restaurants in the Greek capital opened on Monday, giving a sense of a return to normalcy. Restaurants have been permitted to welcome customers in their outdoor dining spaces as part...

Greece's cafes and restaurants are reopening for business on Monday after a long hiatus, as they closed just over two months ago due to the coronavirus curfews, home quarantines and the strict preventive measures imposed by health authorities against...

Travel to and from all of the Greek islands is now allowed as of Monday morning after the long coronavirus lockdown. Until now, citizens had so far only been able to travel to Crete, due to the travel bans...

The Greek Ministry of Tourism released comprehensive and detailed guidelines that hotels, camping sites, travel agents and transport companies must observe during the reopening of the tourist season in June, as part of preventative measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Each...

The bone marrow of a young Greek individual has become a source of hope for a Turkish boy suffering from leukemia who on Thursday underwent a transplant operation in the Mediterranean province of Adana. Doctors say that the operation on...

The Greek government's proposed bill to offer live streaming lessons from classrooms to stay-at-home students during the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a great deal of controversy in Greece. As Greek high school students gradually return to class after the lockdown,...

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to decrease, Greece will open itself once again for foreign tourists on June 15 -- initially accepting visitors from only twenty countries, however. Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis announced on Wednesday that "Foreign...

Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis officially proposed on Monday evening that Greece and Britain end the mutual quarantines that have been placed on each other’s citizens upon entrance into their countries. “If we don’t impose quarantines for people coming to...

Summer's higher temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are unlikely to significantly limit the growth of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Princeton University study published Monday in the journal Science. Several statistical studies conducted over the past few months have...

The US embassy in Greece on Monday donated protective personal supplies to the Hellenic Police for use by its personnel against the Covid-19 coronavirus. The supplies, which include 15,000 gloves and 8,200 face masks, were personally delivered by US Ambassador...