General News
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 – The new updated booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine, which target the sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 and Omicron in addition to the original SARS-CoV-2 virus first identified in China, have started to be administered in Greece on Monday.
The online platform for booking appointments for a booster has been available since September 27, with 12,185 appointments scheduled by September 28.
Vaccinations using the updated BA.1 booster, which was approved by the EMA on September 1, began on September 14 and 41,839 doses were administered by September 28, of which 31,499 were second booster shots, 4,338 were first booster shots and 5,997 were 3rd booster shots.
The updated vaccines are only designed for use as booster shots so basic vaccination must first be completed before the updated bivalent vaccine can be administered.
Experts recommend getting the updated vaccines to boost immunity and prevent serious disease, stressing that prompt vaccination is more important than the type of vaccine given. It is strongly recommended for persons over 60, individuals aged 12-59 that are in a high-risk group based on their doctor’s orders, those who live or work in care homes, health professionals, those living with individuals who are immunosuppressed or have some other underlying ailment and those caring for people with ailments that increase the risk of complications from Covid-19.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.
ATHENS - Historic member of PASOK and passionate advocate of the recognition of Pontian Greek genocide Michalis Charalambidis died on Wednesday aged 73.
ATHENS - While the New Democracy government denied audio files from the 2023 head-on train crash in Tempe which killed 57 had been tampered with, five managers at the state-run OSE railways agency reportedly had access to them.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.