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Greece’s health authorities announced on Sunday evening484 new coronavirus cases and 17 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 255. Death toll has reached 5,796 and the total cases stand at 156,057. Daily Cases & rolling average …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Saturday evening, 795 new coronavirus cases and 15 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 257. Death toll has reached 5,779 and the total cases stand at 156,473. Note that the PCR …

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A total of 50 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed Agios Nikolaos Municipality, eastern Crete, setting health authorities on alert. They step up testing and monitoring to contain bigger spread of the virus in the 10,000-resident area. Among the 50 positive tests reported in the last couple of days, 20 …

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New coronavirus cases surged to 941 in the last 24 hours, with the majority of them (526) be in Attica and Athens. Greece’s authorities announced on Friday also another 22 deaths, while  the number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 260. Death toll has reached …

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A drive-through Rapid testing …the Greek way! Residents of village Helidoni near the Ancient Olympia choose their donkeys over cars and rode to the spot where rapid testing for Covid-19 was carried out. They did not get off their animals and the health teams had to struggle a bit to …

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The pandemic situation in Attica seems to get out of control and the same problem appears to be happening in the heads of Greek epidemiologists. One member of the epidemiologists’ committee advising the health Ministry proposed on Thursday, that citizens should leave their homes based on the end number of …

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For second consecutive day new coronavirus cases exceeded 800, an increase that has health authorities worried. On Wednesday evening, announced have been 858 new cases and 32 deaths in 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has decreased further to 274. Death toll has …

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New coronavirus cases doubled on Tuesday and spiked to 842 after the number of daily tests increased again to over 30,000 allowing a better picture of the course of the pandemic. Authorities announced also 21 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday, 436 new coronavirus cases and 25 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has decreased further to 286. Death toll has reached 5,671 and the total cases stand at 152,671. Due to the …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Sunday, 334 new coronavirus cases and 24 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has decreased further to 288. Death toll has reached 5,646 and the total cases stand at 151,980. Due to the …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Saturday, Friday, 605 new coronavirus cases and 24 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country that stands at 292. Death toll has reached 5,622 and the total cases stand at 151,646. On Friday Greece …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday, 585 new coronavirus cases and 28 more deaths in the last 24 hours. Further decrease in the number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country that stands at 288. Death toll has reached 5,598 and the total cases stand at 151,041. A …

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Greece’s health officials are meeting Friday noon to discuss the issue of the new coronavirus mutations. The meeting chaired by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias is attended by the President of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Biomedical Research of the Academy (IIBEAA), the president of National Public Health Organization …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday, 509 new coronavirus cases and 25 more deaths in the last 24 hours. For the first time since months, the number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country fell below 300 and stands at 293. Death toll has reached 5,570 and the …

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Greek Police (ELAS) has issued a total of 232,000 fines from the start of the pandemic in March 2020 until the end of the year. The fines total the exorbitant amount of 52 million euros. Head of Greek Police Mihalis Karamalakis said on Thursday that ELAS has conducted 8.5 million …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday, 516 new coronavirus cases and 27 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country decreased to 300. Death toll has reached 5,545 and the total cases stand at 149,973. The live briefing with the …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday, 566 new coronavirus cases and 30 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 320. Death toll has reached 5,518 and the total cases stand at 149,462. New cases almost doubled on …

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Greek state budget recorded a lower than expected deficit in 2020 offering a breathe as the ministry tries to implement its fiscal policy in 2021, the Greek Finance Ministry said on Monday. A report said the budget deficit totaled 22.808 billion euros in 2020, down 1.5 billion from budget provisions. …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday 320 new coronavirus cases and 19 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 322. Death toll has reached 5,488 and the total cases stand at 148,925. Again the number of tests …

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Antigen tests for Covid-19 based on saliva swabs are currently available in Greece. These tests are less costly, simpler to do, and they provide fast results in detecting coronavirus. Their results are available 15 minutes after sampling. They have a 95%  success rate, facilitating frequent testing of the same individual …

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