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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 755 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, of which 9 were identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Wednesday.
Confirmed infections since the pandemic began total 174,659 in Greece. In the last 7 days, 52 confirmed cases related to incoming travellers and 1,558 to already confirmed cases.
A total of 313 patients are on ventilators nationwide. Their median age is 70 years. An 86.9 percent has an underlying condition and/or is aged 70 or more.
Another 1,246 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began in Greece. The current average of Covid-19 patients admitted to hospitals nationally is 211 (daily change: +11.05 pct). The average rate of hospital admissions in the last 7 days is 223 patients.
EODY said that 13 people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hrs, while the deceased since the pandemic began in Greece total 6,194. Of these, 95.6 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or more.
The Rt factor nationwide is estimated at 0.99, EODY added.
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.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.
Brace yourself for what could be another scorching summer in Greece as scientists are anxious that a warm winter - the warmest January recorded - and climate change will continue to bring weather anomalies.