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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 2,595 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 9 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Monday.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 516,785 infections (daily change: +0.5 pct). Of the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 116 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,389 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 20 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 13,097. Of these, 95.2 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 207 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years and 83.6 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Another 2,842 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 212 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +1.44 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 197.
The median age of new infections is 41 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.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
NEW YORK – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus attended a press conference at the Consulate General of Greece in New York on March 28 to continue to spread the word about postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections.
LONDON - A British Airways flight that started in Athens on January 3 just missed hitting a drone over the Kent countryside in England, coming within 5 feet at a height of 9,600 feet, the plane carrying 180 passengers and traveling 250 miles an hour.
It won’t pass through some French cities and towns that didn’t want it but the Olympic Torch for the Paris 2024 Games will be lit April 16 in Olympia by priestesses wearing outfits that some on social media found weren’t just right.
ATHENS - There were no injuries nor damage reported despite its intensity as a 5.