COVID-19

"This is a historic day for science...and for all of us," said the Greek CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, on Friday after the pharmaceuticals giant submitted the Covid-19 vaccine to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization. The vaccine, a collaboration...

As Greece is currently in the middle of the second, stricter lockdown to curb the Covid-19 spread, populist voices are becoming louder and louder -- and they are echoing from all sides of the political spectrum. While Greece's performance in...

A record-breaking 519 Covid-19 patients are now intubated in Greece and 75 people suffering from the virus died on Friday. These are the highest numbers of intubations and deaths among patients with the virus in a one-day period since the...

Although they number just nine individuals, residents of the rural, northeastern Greek town of Pappades are strictly following the country's anti-virus measures. Speaking to the news agency AMNA, Giorgos Michailidis, a resident of Pappades, sent the message that even in...

Greek startup Biopix-T has developed a mobile Covid-19 detection device, called Iris, which can identify the presence of the virus in a sample in just half an hour. The device, which functions just like a mini laboratory, is expected...

Allowing the world to breathe a sigh of relief after the numbing drumbeat of bad news in 2020, pharmacological companies Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Friday that they have submitted a request for emergency authorization to begin distributing a...

The Greek government took over two private hospitals in Thessaloniki on Thursday in which transmission of the coronavirus has been particularly widespread. The decision was reached after the private clinics failed to voluntarily provide 200 beds for Covid-19 patients despite...

A record-breaking 499 Covid-19 patients are now intubated in Greece and 59 people suffering from the virus died on Thursday. A total of 3,227 cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed in Greece over the last 24 hours. The 499 patients...

A total of fourteen ultra-cold freezers will be donated by the Bodossaki Foundation to the nation of Greece for the storage of the coronavirus vaccine when it is delivered, according to the Foundaiton's announcement on Thursday. The freezers are needed...

In his daily briefing on Thursday, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas warned the public that the new coronavirus measures will be strengthened to prevent spread of coronavirus in the community if infection rates do not subside in the near...