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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 – There were 1,305 laboratory-confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 33 deaths from Covid-19 in Greece during the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organisation (NPHO) announced on Sunday. Of the new cases, 14 were detected in checks at the country's borders.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic in Greece to 630,784 (daily change 0.2 pct), of which 51 pct are men. Of the confirmed cases in the last seven days, 143 are linked to travel abroad and 3,111 to already known cases. The total number of deaths from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic has risen to 14,466, of which 95.4 pct had either an underlying condition or were above 70 years old.
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital ICUs was 348 over the same period, of which 63.8 pct were men. Their median age was 64 years old and 80.2 pct had either an underlying condition or were aged over 70. Of the patients in ICUs, 318 (91.38 pct) were not or not fully vaccinated and 30 (8.62 pct) were fully vaccinated. Since the start of the pandemic, 3,087 patients had been discharged from ICUs.
The number of new Covid-19 patients admitted to hospitals was 192 (daily change -0.52 pct) while the rolling average for the past seven days was 198 patients per day. The median age of cases was 39 years old, while the median age of those dying of Covid-19 was 78 years old.
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.
CALIFORNIA - The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony and dozens more college students were arrested at other campuses nationwide Thursday as protests against the Israel-Hamas war continued to spread.
NEW YORK — The third day of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial concluded Thursday after Trump's lawyers got their first chance to question a witness on the stand.
ATLANTA — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.
ATHENS - Voters should see the whole picture when they go to cast their ballot in the European Parliament elections on June 9, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Thursday.