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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 2,198 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 16 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Wednesday.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 607,356 infections (daily change: +0.4 pct). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 153 infections are related to travel from abroad and 1,947 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 37 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 14,014. Of these, 95.4 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 390 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years and 82.1 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the total patients, 350 (89.74 pct) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 40 (10.26 pct) are fully vaccinated.
Another 3,024 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 202 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -11.79 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 223.
The median age of new infections is 39 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 78 (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.
CAIRO — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials.
BROOMALL, PA – Following the blessings and vision of His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey, the Metropolis of New Jersey together with the Metropolis Philoptochos initiated the newly created Walking with Christ ministry with the First Seminarian Benefit Luncheon, hosted at the St.
LONDON — Prince William and his wife Catherine have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home, The Sun newspaper reported — the first footage of Kate since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago.
ATHENS - "The statements of the Turkish president regarding the illegal invasion of Cyprus in 1974 constitute a blatant distortion of the historical truth and an insult to the memory of the victims," according to Greek diplomatic sources on Tuesday.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it's impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals, suggesting the former president's legal losses have put him in a serious cash crunch.