COVID-19

Coronavirus vaccine side effects happen only rarely; however, authorities recorded the first allergic reaction in Greece on Monday. So far 471 people have been vaccinated with the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 in Greece. Health Ministry official Marios Themistokleous said...

In a press conference on Monday, Greek Government Spokesman Stelios Petsas stated that country's top priority after the end of the lockdown is to open schools safely. Greece has been under a strict nationwide lockdown, set to end on January...

It is official: the first coronavirus vaccinations were administered in Greece and across the European Union on Sunday, December 27, 2020. A new, brighter chapter gradually begins, offering a glimpse of hope to all those who have suffered so much...

Greece is now marked as ''green'' in the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) maps for the coronavirus. This is because the test positivity rate of the COVID-19 fell below four percent and the notification rate is lower...

In a symbolic gesture, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, will be among the first individuals to get the Coronavirus vaccine on Sunday. Sakellaropoulou is not the only one to be vaccinated on December 27, though, as Greek...

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said that he and his company are not sure if their vaccine will be effective against any new coronavirus variants. "We are cautiously optimistic though," he noted. Recently, a new variant of the virus that was...

Health authorities in Greece announced on Thursday that 55 people died from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a significantly smaller number of casualties compared to the last weeks. They also announced 873 new cases of the virus and...

A total of 937 new Covid cases were diagnosed in Greece on Wednesday, 84 more cases than had been recorded in the country on Tuesday. Tragically, 62 people with the virus passed away in the country over the 24-hour-period, which...

Greece on Wednesday unveiled its operational plan for the nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, entitled "Eleftheria." The plan aims to quickly guarantee the citizens' immunization protection against the threat of the virus,...

A total of 853 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece on Tuesday, 256 more cases than had been recorded in the country on Monday. Tragically, 83 people with the virus passed away in the country over the 24-hour-period, which...