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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 — The City of Athens and the Greek health ministry on Monday announced a series of additional actions to protect the 650,000 people that live in or visit the capital on a daily basis from Covid-19, apart from those already announced by the government, after a working meeting at the ministry to review the situation concerning the spread of the virus.
The measures aim to contain the virus' spread, especially among the most vulnerable and at-risk groups, starting on the level of local neighbourhoods, with a decentralisation of testing and preventative action and the reinforcement of municipality welfare structures.
The planned action includes:
– The conversion of eight 'Friendship Clubs' in the city to small testing centres for Covid-19, where targeted testing will be carried out based on existing protocols.
– Provision of more rapid tests for the Athens municipality centres for the homeless and drug dependent.
– More rapid testing by National Public Health Organisation teams in the areas of Athens with the highest number of recorded cases.
– Athens municipality teams will daily conduct streetwork to support and care for the homeless, assisted by nurses who will take more samples for testing and provide other health and welfare services.
– The creation of two new temporary isolation facilities for drug-dependent persons and citizens that belong to vulnerable groups that test positive for the virus.
The meeting included Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, Deputy Civil Protection and Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias, NOPH head Panagiotis Arkoumaneas and Athens mayor Kostas Bakoyannis.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".