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Next Pandemic Might Come From Fungus Warns Greek Scientist

The next pandemic might come from fungus, as terrifyingly has been shown in the TV series "The Last Of Us", prominent Greek scientist Sotiris Tsiodras warned this week. Tsiodras, who served as the Director of the Greek Infectious Diseases Committee...

First Coronavirus Case in Greece Announced Exactly One Year Ago

It was on this day, February 26, one year ago that the first case of coronavirus was confirmed and officially announced in Greece.

Covid-19: Cases Remain High with 1,151 Recorded on Wednesday

Transmission of Covid-19 has surged in Greece for yet another day, with the country recording 1,151 cases on Wednesday, which represents 110 fewer than the 1,261 cases that were diagnosed in the country one day earlier, on Tuesday. Previously, the...

Epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras is Greece’s Person of the Year for 2020

Sotiris Tsiodras, the epidemiologist who took Greeks by the hand this year, informing them about Covid-19 and giving the sad daily tally of the virus on TV during the first wave of the pandemic, is Greece's Person of the Year...

Greece on Alert after Increase of Coronavirus in Thrace Region

Greek health authorities are on high alert once again after 11 new cases of Covid-19 appeared in the Echinos community in the Xanthi Prefecture, an area in which the General Secretariat for Citizen Protection imposed a curfew and restrictions on...

Stringent Lockdown Measures "Saved Thousands In Greece"

Sotiris Tsiodras, the epidemiologist in charge of Greece's management of the coronavirus crisis, said on Tuesday that had Greece not locked down and imposed other restrictions on society, instead of only 173, there would have been many thousands of...

Dozens of Coronavirus Cases Recorded in Private Clinic in Athens

At least twenty-eight new coronavirus cases were recorded in a private clinic in the municipality of Peristeri in Athens, Greece on Thursday. The tests were conducted after a patient of the clinic named ''Taxiarchae'' showed coronavirus symptoms. More than 100 patients...

Six Ways Greece Has Successfully Flattened the Coronavirus Curve

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...

Greeks Advised To Switch to Mediterranean Diet During Quarantine

Greeks currently living under the coronavirus lockdown hav been advised to eat healthily by none other than Sotiris Tsiodras, the soft-spoken scientist heading up the country's response to the epidemic. Tsiodras, who, according to a recent poll, is the most...

Ancient Respect for Health Helps Modern Greeks Face Coronavirus

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,...