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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 9,308 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Thursday, bringing all confirmed infections since the pandemic began to 3,216,256 (daily change: +0.3 pct).
Of the daily total, reinfections are assessed at 176 in the last 24 hours, while their total since the pandemic began is assessed at 119,722 (3.6 pct of the total positive results).
There are also 57 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 28,406. Of these, 95.4 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 334 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 70 years and 92.5 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the total, 183 (54.79 pct) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 151 (45.21 pct) are fully vaccinated.
Another 4,544 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 245 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -20.71 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 307.
The median age of new infections is 36 years (range: 0.2 to 112 years), while the median age of the deceased is 79 (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.
DENVER (AP) — One person was killed and 12 people were rescued after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site, authorities said.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 230 migrants reached Greece in small boats over the past two days, including a rare case of a crossing from north Africa to Greece's southern mainland, authorities said Friday.
ΑΤΗΕΝS - The Victoria Karelias Collection of Traditional Greek Costumes welcomes, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, a unique exhibition entitled “From Avgi to Myrtis and from Myrtis to the present: the clothes narrate”.
It's possible that Eric Adams, the second African-American mayor in New York City’s history, may eventually be forced to resign from office.
WASHINGTON, DC – American Hellenic Institute (AHI) President Nick Larigakis wrote to Capitol Hill’s top foreign policy legislators to raise deep concern about reports that Biden administration officials are attempting to reach a deal with Turkey that would allow it to re-enter the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.