Tag Archives: Thessaloniki

Only eight COVId-19 ICU beds are available in Thessaloniki and 45 in Attica, The Greek Health Ministry announced on Friday. 220 of 1,200 ICU beds in total are vacant across the country. The non-COVID-19 ICU beds now number 569, of which 445 are occupied and 124 are vacant. The COVID-19 …

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Greece’s health authorities and TRAINOSE are proceeding with special modifications of a so-called “Covid-Train”, a train with six wagons in order to exclusively transfer Coivid-19 patients from Thessaloniki to hospitals in Greek capital Athens. According to the GRTimes, the train has already arrived in Thessaloniki and work is already underway …

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Ten nurses from hospitals in Crete will voluntarily go to Thessaloniki to help their colleagues in the battle against the Covid-19. The nurses are specialized in Intensive Care Units. Nurses Vassiliki, Olympia, Euangelia, Artemis, Katerina, Malamatina, Efrosyni, Anthi, Chrysoula and Penelope will start working at “Ippokrateio” hospital tomorrow, Thursday. Two …

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Two incidents with police against young people in northern Greece over the weekend have mainstream media and social media users wonder whether police is going too far with brutality and apprehension of people for literally no reason. media and social media users speak of “police arbitrariness and authoritarianism.” A video …

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The three-member Criminal Court of Thessaloniki sentenced to two years and two months two students who organized a corona-party in Thessaloniki on Saturday. The two tenants of the apartment where the party was held were sentence for violating the measures against infectious diseases. The two students, a 24-year-old Palestinian man …

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A surge in coronavirus infections in Greece’s northern city of Thessaloniki is pushing the hospital system to its limits, doctors at a medical facility say, as the second wave of the pandemic takes a toll. Last week Greece ordered a nationwide three-week lockdown, its second this year, in a bid …

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Health authorities in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city and the hardest hit by the pandemic, are preparing for the worst with two-class system both for patients and doctors. In a circular to the Ambulance Service of the city, health authorities urge paramedics to not take patients without insurance should not …

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Doctors in AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, said on Tuesday they have to make choices which Covid-19 patients will treat. All ICU beds are occupied, there is an increase number of coronavirus infected seeking the hospital. At the same time, over 150 doctors and nurses in AHEPA, the biggest …

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Protesters of lockdown restrictions clashed with police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Friday night. police fired teargas and flash grenades and detained five people. Two policemen injured. Holding Greek flags in their hands a few dozen people gathered near the White Tower following a call on social media. Their aim …

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The children of a woman in hospital isolation raised a banner to express their love and give her strennght. Giorgos, Despina and Evgenis are not allowed to visit their mother in AXEPA hospital in Thessaloniki. The woman is hospitalized after she was infected with Covid-19. However, they wanted to express …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued several air notifications (notam) that include the temporary suspension of flights to/from “Macedonia” airport in Thessaloniki, while they lift restrictions to other Greek airports. Thessaloniki and Serres are in full lockdown from 3. November 2020 and for 14 days. Aviation directive for flight …

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Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Monday evening the exact restrictions imposed to the whole regional units of Thessaloniki and Serres as the full lockdown goes into force from 06:00 am Tuesday, 3. November 2020, and for 14 days. The restrictions affect among others travel and movement, operation of schools and …

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Government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced Monday noon that the regional units of Thessaloniki and Serres, in northern Greece, will be placed in full lockdown from 06:00 a.m. Tuesday, 3. November, 2020. The measure will be in effect fro 14 days. The night curfew will be longer and thus from 09:00 …

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Health authorities are mulling a full lockdown in Greece’s second biggest city Thessaloniki, media report Monday noon, after several government ministers as well as the mayor that stricter measures against the spread of coronavirus will be needed. The health care system is at the brink of collapse, ANT1 TV reported. …

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High-ranking clergymen are on alert after one bishop was tested positive to Covid-19, just two days after the festive service to honor Saint Demetrios, the patron of Thessaloniki on October 26. Bishop of Ierissos, Mount Athos and Adrameni Theoklitos reportedly developed symptoms on Oct 30 and underwent a test, The …

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Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Thursday evening that three more regional units are classified as “high risk”, Tier 4, on the Covid-19 map of the country. Tough restrictions, a form of lockdown where many business and services operations will be suspended, will be imposed in the regional units of Thessaloniki, …

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Greece’s ruling conservative party and local authorities gladly turn a blind eye when it comes to crowding in churches and the breaking of coronavirus restrictions in the nameof a higher, spiritual purpose. On the Eve of Saint Demetrios celebration day, the patron of Thessaloniki hundreds of faithful gathered at the …

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Greece’s Jewish community has expressed abhorrence over the recent desecration of several Jewish monuments in the country. The latest incident was the vandalism last Friday of the Thessaloniki Holocaust Memorial, where unknown assailants spray-painted the monument with the phrase, “With Jews you lose.” It is the third time in the …

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A doctor at the Ippokatio hospital in Athens has challenged deniers of masks and Covid-19. He invited them to accompany him during the emergency duty of the public hospital under one condition: that they will not wear a mask or any other protective gear and they also sign a relevant …

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A 17-year-old girl was discharged from the Intensive Care Unit of AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki, where she was treated for Covid-19 for 40 days. She has been the youngest COvid-19 patient in ICU in Greece and she had no underlying health problem. All recent tests are negative and she is …

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