A migrant woman gave birth to a child right after she arrived together with other migrants on the islet Barbalias North-East off the island of Lesvos on Wednesday. Mother and newborn are in good health and in hospital in Mytilene. Only a few hours old, newborn boy must be the …
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VIAL camp: Second refugee dies, woman gives birth on the road side
What is going on in VIAL refugee and asylum seekers camp on the island of Chios? One Iranian asylum seeker died in his tent on Sunday night and a woman from Somalia gave birth on the side of the road waiting for an ambulance. Together with her newborn the 25-year-old …
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Refugee woman tested positive on COVID-19 after giving birth
A refugee woman living in an accommodation camp in Attica has been tested positive on COVID-19. The asymptomatic woman was pregnant and went to a hospital in Athens for a scheduled birth with a Caesarian section last Thursday. Her baby has been also tested, the results are pending. According to …
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Second woman positive on coronavirus gives birth in Athens
A baby boy was born to a 30-year-old mother infected with the coronavirus in Attikon designated hospital in Athens on Monday. It is the second baby in Greece whose mother has been infected. Doctors said that both mother and infant were well and under observation. The baby was born with …
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Woman positive in coronavirus gives birth to baby boy in Athens hospital
A woman tested positive in coronavirus has given birth to a baby boy in Attikon designated hospital in Athens on Wednesday evening. It is the first birth by an infected patient in Greece. First test of the baby negative. The 24-year-old mother and had mild symptoms like light fever and …
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Chios: Policeman helps Syrian refugee give birth to a baby girl
A policeman serving on the island of Chios has helped a refugee woman from Syria to give birth to a healthy baby girl on Friday evening. The young officer had neither relevant training nor idea about a child birth but he was ‘armed’ with the right instinct and composure. The …
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2,000-euro birth allowance for Greek families and Non-EU nationals
With overwhelming majority the Greek Parliament approved the draft law awarding a one-off benefit of 2,000 euros for every child born in Greece as of January 1, 2020. The allowance will be paid in two equal installments of 1,000 euros in the first and sixth month after the birth. Eligible …
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Greece’s gloomy birth rates statistics
Greece has the third-lowest birth rate in Europe (9/1,000) after Germany (8.4/1,000) and Portugal (8.5/1,000), the Hellenic Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology (HAGG) said on Tuesday on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons on October 1. According to a HAGG study, by 2050 teenagers will make up …
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Greece’s first: Surrogate mother, 67, gives birth to her own granddaughter
For the first time in the world a woman at the age of 67 bore the child of another woman. It is also the first time in Greece that the Justice gave permission for such a project. Obstetricians-gynecologists and the personnel of the GAIA Medical Group in Athens proudly announced …
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