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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 362 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 11 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Monday.
Greece has confirmed 421,266 infections from the start of the pandemic (daily change: +0.1 pct). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 68 infections are related to travel from abroad and 629 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 8 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 12,682. Of these, 95.2 pct had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
A total of 215 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 67 years and 83.7 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more. Another 2,659 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 39 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change of a +2.63 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 50.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
ΒΟSTON - The newly-elected Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico, who was enthroned on Saturday, March 16th at the Cathedral of Aghia Sophia in Mexico City, gave his first interview as Metropolitan to The National Herald, which he described as a "historic newspaper," one he has known since childhood, as have his close relatives.
BALTIMORE - Authorities have released the identities of the two people recovered from the water Wednesday morning at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.
ATHENS – Greece recorded a huge improvement in the business environment rankings of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) among 82 countries worldwide.