COVID
Medicine
Fauci Says Covid Isolation Period Shortened to “Get People Back to Jobs”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States' top disease expert, acknowledged on Thursday that the new, shortened isolation guidelines for Covid-19 cases were put in place in order to get people to return to their jobs faster.
Fauci directly affirmed that...
Greece
Record-High Covid-19 Cases in Greece Wednesday
Greece recorded a staggering total of 28,828 cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, 7,171 more than the 21,657 recorded on Tuesday.
This is the highest number of cases ever recorded in the country in a 24-hour period since the start of...
Greek News
Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket to a Record 21,657 in Greece on Tuesday
Greece recorded a staggering total of 21,657 cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, 12,373 more than the 9,284 recorded on Monday.
This is the highest number of cases ever recorded in the country in a 24-hour period since the start...
Greece
Coronavirus Cases Reach Record High in Greece
Greece recorded a total of 9,284 cases of the coronavirus on Monday, 5,248 more than the 4,036 recorded on Sunday.
This is the highest number of cases ever recorded in the country in a 24-hour period since the start of...
Travel
US Flights Grounded Due to Omicron Spike
US airlines canceled hundreds of flights for a third day in a row on Sunday, as surging Covid-19 infections due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant grounded crews.
Tens of thousands of Christmas weekend travelers had to change their plans.
Commercial...
Business
Albert Bourla Named CEO of the Year
CNN Business has named Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, a Thessaloniki native who left Greece at the age of 34 to pursue a career in the pharmaceuticals industry, as the CEO of the year.
CNN says that Bourla was their choice...
Greece
Coronavirus Cases on the Rise in Greece on Christmas Eve
Greece recorded a total of 7,665 cases of the coronavirus on Friday, Christmas Eve, 998 more than the 6,667 recorded on Thursday.
The record for the highest number of coronavirus cases recorded in one day in Greece was broken more...
Greek News
Greece Mandates Face Masks, Cancels Christmas Festivities
Greece announced new measures to stem the spread of Omicron and Delta variants of Covid on Thursday that include the mandatory use of face masks and the cancellation of Christmas and New Year festivities in open spaces.
Since the omicron...
Health
US Health Regulator Approves Pfizer Covid-19 Pill
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's Covid-19 pill for use on Wednesday. Pfizer filed for U.S. authorization of the the antiviral Covid-19 pill in late November.
The pill, called Paxlovid, can now be prescribed by doctors for high-risk...