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Concerns Over Coronavirus Rise as Greece Confirms Seventh Case

The number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in Greece rose to seven on Saturday, with another three patients testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes the disease. According to the Health Ministry, which had already announced that...

Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 29 in Italy

Italian authorities announced on Saturday that 1,049 people have tested positive for the COVID19 Coronavirus, while 29 people have died. The country also announced that all schools in the regions of Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna will remain closed. Italy was the...

Greece Confirms Seventh Coronavirus Case

Greek authorities announced on Saturday evening that two more people have been diagnosed with Coronavirus in the country, that now has at least seven confirmed cases. On Saturday another person had been tested positive in the COVID19 Coronavirus in Thessaloniki. According...

Delphi Economic Forum Postponed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Fears

The coronavirus outbreak in Europe caused the postponement of the 5th Delphi Economic Forum in Greece, as it was made public on Saturday. The organizers issued a statement where they say that ''We have decided to postpone the Delphi Economic...

Joy in The Time of Coronavirus: Greece Divided Over Carnival Ban

2020 will certainly be a year to remember Greece's Carnival festivities, and the reason is that, for the first time in many decades, the country will not hold any Carnival festivities whatsoever. Well, at least, not any officially organized festivities. Thursday's...

Coronavirus: Greece Closes Eight Schools in Athens, Bans All School Trips Abroad

The Greek Ministries of Health and Education announced on Friday that a total of eight schools will shut down in Attica as a precautionary measure to help prevent the spread of the COVID19 Coronavirus. The schools that will be forced to...

Greece Announces Fourth Coronavirus Case, Second in Athens

Greek health authorities announced on Friday that a 36-year-old woman is now the fourth victim of coronavirus in the country. The woman, who had recently traveled to Italy, is now receiving treatment at the Attikon Hospital in Athens. Doctors say that her...

Coronavirus Outbreak: Local Communities React to Carnival Cancellation

Local communities in Greece have reacted negatively to the government's decision to cancel all Carnival festivities in the country between February 29 and March 2 in order to limit the spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus in the country. Greece's largest...

Amid Coronavirus Panic, Infuenza Has Killed 77 People So Far in Greece

Media across the globe have been constantly informing the public about the Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak in the last several weeks, and its rapid spread is indeed troubling.  However, the outbreak of influenza which occurs every winter is proving yet...

Greece Announces Strictest-Possible Border Controls To Prevent Coronavirus Spread 

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday that Greece will use the European Union's Regulation 2016/399 and tighten up border controls in order to curb the spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus. "From today, therefore, our country cites Regulation 2016/399 of...