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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.
BRUSSELS — The European Commission announced new measures on Wednesday to help limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, save lives and strengthen the internal market's resilience.
"Concretely, the measures aim to better understand the virus' spread and the effectiveness of the response, ramp up well-targeted testing, bolster contact tracing, improve preparations for vaccination campaigns, and maintain access to essential supplies such as vaccination equipment, while keeping all goods moving in the single market and facilitating safe travel," the Commission said in a statement.
The measures were released ahead of a European summit teleconference on October 29 on Covid-19 coordination.
The Commission's actions include the following:
– Improving the flow of information to allow informed decision-making
– Establishing more effective and rapid testing
– Making full use of contact tracing and warning apps across borders
– Effective vaccination
– Effective communication to citizens
– Securing essential supplies
– Facilitating safe travel
– Green Lanes extension (allowing road freight to cross borders in less than 15 minutes, to maintain supply of goods)
"The COVID-19 situation is very serious. We must step up our EU response," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said, calling on member states to work closely together. "Courageous steps taken now will help save lives and protect livelihoods. No member mtate will emerge safely from this pandemic until everyone does," she noted.
Commenting on the pandemic, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides said the rise in Covid-19 infection rates across Europe "is very alarming" and calls for "decisive immediate action". She further added that the Commission will "present the first step towards a European Health Union" next month.
For details on what each measure above entails, see https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1986
(ANA-MPA/I. Zarkadoula)
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter was banned for life from the NBA on Wednesday after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the precarious effort to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders over a two-day summit of the special European Council will discuss economic and competitiveness issues in Ukraine, Türkiye, the Middle East and Lebanon, stated Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis upon his arrival in Brussels on Wednesday night.