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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ATHENS — Greece registered 22 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours and no fatalities since Thursday, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Friday.
The total number of cases is 3,343, 55.0 pct of whom are men. Of the total, 745 are people who were infected abroad and 1,861 were infected by already known cases. The source of infection for the rest is unknown. Their median age is 47 years.
Eleven Greeks are intubated in hospitals, and their average age is 60 years. Three are women while an 81,8 pct have an underlying condition or are aged 70+. A total of 119 patients have been discharged from ICUs.
The total number of fatalities since January 1 stands at 191, of whom 61 were women. The median age of the deceased was 76 years, while a 95.8 pct of patients had some underlying condition and/or were aged 70+.
Greece has tested a total of 295,851 people as of January 1 of whom 5,413 (1.8 pct) were found to be positive. (The total number includes repeat tests.)
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
"How did you find Greece?" a friend asked me, after my recent return to New York from a trip there.
On Monday, April 22, 2024, history was being written in a Manhattan courtroom.
PARIS - With heavy security set for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games during a time of terrorism, France has asked to use a Greek air defense system as well although talks are said to have been going on for months.
PARIS (AP) — Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette.