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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 confirmed 2,235 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Monday, bringing all confirmed infections since the pandemic began to 3,422,233 (daily change: +0.1 pct).
Of the daily total, reinfections are estimated at 258 in the last 24 hours, while their total since the pandemic began is estimated at 132,244 (3.7 pct of the total positive results).
There are also 21 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 29,711. Of these, 95.6 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 151 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 71 years and 92.7 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the total, 73 (48.34 pct) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 78 (51.66 pct) are fully vaccinated.
Another 4,666 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 84 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +15.07 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 97.
The median age of new infections is 36 years (range: 0.2 to 112 years), while the median age of the deceased is 80 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).
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.
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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".
ATHENS - Disregarding the recommendation of a prosecutor who said there wasn’t enough evidence, an Athens Mixed Jury Court found a 55-year-old man guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl but found her mother innocent of pornography.