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Greece Records 48 New Coronavirus Cases, Death Toll Rises to 20

Greek health authorities announced on Tuesday afternoon that the total number of deaths related to the Covid-19 pandemic had risen to twenty. The total number of diagnosed Covid-19 coronavirus cases is now 743 in the entire country, as 48 new cases...

As Migrants and Refugees Make Masks on Lesvos, Fears Grow of Coronavirus in Camps

Migrants and refugees on Greece's island of Lesvos have been trying in the last several days to help the country's fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic by sewing their own face masks. At the same time, however, fears of a...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Postponed for a Year As World Fights Coronavirus

The world's most iconic single event, the Olympic Games, which were supposed to have been held in Tokyo in the summer of 2020, will be postponed for one year in a move not seen since World War II, it was...

Greece's Death Toll Remains at 17 as Country Records 71 New Coronavirus Cases

Greek health authorities announced on Monday that the total number of deaths related to the Covid-19 pandemic remains at seventeen. The total number of diagnosed Covid-10 coronavirus cases is now 695 in the entire country. The majority of the cases are...

Greece Adopts Emergency Measures to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak in Migrant Camps

The Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum announced on Tuesday morning a series of new emergency measures to contain a potential coronavirus outbreak inside the country's reception and identification centers, as well as its refugee and migrant camps. All new...

PM Mitsotakis Declares ''We Are at War, Stay Safe, Stay at Home''

In a new wartime-like televised address to the nation, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis informed the public about the latest emergency measures taken by the government to cope with the unprecedented lockdown the country is in due to the...

Greece Records Fifth Coronavirus-Related Death; Cases Jump to 387

Greek health authorities announced on Tuesday afternoon that the number of individuals diagnosed with the Covid-19 coronavirus has now jumped to 387, and a fifth patient as succumbed to the disease. The announcement was made by Sotiris Tsiodras, the Health...

Church of Greece Decides to Curtail Services Amid Growing Coronavirus Fears

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Christian Church of Greece issued a statement on Monday afternoon, informing the public about its latest decision in regard to the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic. The Church of Greece decided to curtail all weekday services,...

Coronavirus: Australian Archbishop Makarios Urges Faithful Not to Attend Services

Makarios, the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, issued an encyclical statement on Monday in regard to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. ''What we must emphasize is that according to scientists, the transmission of the virus occurs when we...

More than One Hundred Arrested for Violating Coronavirus-Related Emergency Laws

The Greek Police announced on Monday that there had been a total of 127 arrests for violations of measures meant to prevent and contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Greece. These arrests took place between Thursday, March 12...