COVID

Greek health authorities announced on Saturday that 267 people were tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a significantly lower number than the record-breaking 460 announced on Friday. It also emerged that seven Covid-19 patients died, bringing...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis all but ruled out a lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus on Saturday saying that such a draconian measure would have a devastating economic impact. Speaking at the Athens Democracy Forum 2020, the Greek...

US President Donald Trump, who was flown to a hospital on Friday after he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus, received an experimental drug cocktail injection at the White House. According to the White House physician to...

Health authorities in northern Greece are on alert after 114 cases of the coronavirus were detected among workers of a canning factory in the Skydra municipality in the region of Pella. The factory has now suspended its operations until October...

On Tuesday, 416 new cases of the coronavirus, the second highest amount recorded in a 24-hour period, along with five deaths, were recorded in Greece. There are currently 79 intubated patients in intensive care units around the country. Of the new...

Greek health officials announced on Tuesday that all crew members of the Mein Schiff 6 cruise ship which sailed into the port of Piraeus were tested negative for the coronavirus. Owner TUI Cruises announced on Monday that the 12 crew...

A Maltese-flagged cruise ship is returning to the Port of Piraeus from the Aegean island of Milos on Monday after 12 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. The "Mein Schiff 6" cruise liner, which is carrying nearly 1,500 passengers,...

Greek health authorities ordered an Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos to be placed under quarantine on Monday after at least eight confirmed cases of coronavirus were recorded among the monks living there. The monastery of Agios Pavlos (Saint Paul), founded...

A return to working from home for those employed by both private and public companies, along with stricter crowd control measures, are some of the emergency steps introduced in Attica on Monday. Following a rise in the number of coronavirus...

Greek officials have announced a new set of coronavirus-fighting measures for Attica, as the region has seen an alarming increase in cases and its intensive care units are now at 70% capacity. Of Friday's 339 cases of the virus, 164...