COVID-19

The Health Ministry’s coronavirus spokesman, infectious disease professor Sotiris Tsiodras on Thursday evening announced 15 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours, and one new death. The total number of Covid-19 cases in Greece now...

It is now official: Fax machines will be removed from Greek public services and governmental communication with citizens will be conducted exclusively online from now on. The new "Digital State," as announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, renders fax machines...

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we fly and travel in planes. Taking a casual look to see if there are any cheap flights for this summer, one grasps immediately that there are no flights whatsoever available for...

It was the beginning of March when the first cases of Covid-19 in Greece began to multiply. Springtime was smiling shyly and Greeks were already shedding their winter clothes and preparing for Easter, which was a month or so...

As the covid-19 pandemic death toll nears 178,000 worldwide and over 2.5 million people are now infected, Greece continues to amaze the rest of the world with its low rate of fatalities and cases, receiving praise from the international...

"My daughter recently gave birth to my first grandchild. I haven't even met my grandchild. I have seen him through Skype. But, it is really hard for me not to be able to touch him, to kiss him," Maria...

In November 2008, a financial crisis that began with mortgage defaults in America would quickly ravage Greece. President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel's, now famous aphorism, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste”, would forever...

Greece has received a bounty of praise from world figures and international media for its quick and effective response to the coronavirus pandemic. First for the rapid response of the Greek government, which took draconian measures immediately, and second,...

A pioneering study by Greek scientists at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute (EIP), in collaboration with Athens University Medical School Professor of epidemiology, Sotiris Tsiodras, has been conducted recently and its full findings are expected to be published in the near...

New scientific evidence shows strong signs of immunity in patients who have overcome the Covid-19 coronavirus, which may lead to herd immunity, Greek Health Ministry Spokesperson Sotiris Tsiodras said on Monday. In his daily briefing on the coronavirus outbreak, the...