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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 – There were 13,429 confirmed new cases of Covid-19 infection in Greece during the last 24 hours, of which 20 were detected in checks at the country’s borders, Greek authorities reported on Sunday. The number of deaths from Covid-19 in the last day were 52, while 342 patients with Covid were on ventilators, of which 65.2 pct were men.
This raises the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic in Greece to 2,930,321, of which 49.2 pct were men, while the number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country has risen to 27,268. The median age of those that died was above 70 years old, while 95.3 pct had either an underlying ailment.
The median age of patients on ventilators was 69 years old, while 90.9 pct had either an underlying ailment and/or were aged above 70 years old. Of the patients on ventilators, 209 (61.11 pct) were unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and 133 (38.89) were fully vaccinated.
Since the start of the pandemic, 4,431 patients have been discharged from ICUs.
Additionally, there were 345 admissions of new patients with Covid-19 to hospitals in the last 24 hours. The average over the previous seven days was 383 patients per day, while the median age of cases was 35 years old.
Among the confirmed cases of the last seven days, 164 new cases are considered linked to travel from abroad and 1,165 with other known cases.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
ATHENS – The Divani Palace Acropolis, nestled in the heart of Athens, is set to elevate the city's dining and nightlife scene with the grand opening of its much-anticipated rooftop restaurant and bar next month.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at his May bribery trial by blaming his wife, saying she kept him in the dark about anything that could be illegal about her dealings with New Jersey businessmen, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday.
It was a close brush with death but a 40-year-old British tourist bitten by a deadly viper while at a yoga retreat on Cyprus is recovering after getting swift hospitalization to counteract the venom.
ATHENS - After Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system - with help from French, American and British fighter jet pilots - knocked Iranian missiles and drones from the skies during an attack, Greece is looking to create a similar protection method.