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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 2,840 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 10 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Thursday.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 593,668 infections (daily change: +0.5%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 173 infections are related to travel from abroad and 1,456 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 33 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 13,777. Of these, 95.3 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 362 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 64 years and 83.4 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the 362 patients, 332 (91.71%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 30 (8.29%) are fully vaccinated.
Another 2,988 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 232 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -13.11%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 252.
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.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
TOKYO (AP) — “Oppenheimer” finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film.
Sunday is International Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world to bring attention to a population that's often ignored, disparaged or victimized.
NEW YORK (AP) — Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and some big names from the entertainment world teamed up Thursday night to deliver a rousing New York embrace of President Joe Biden that hauled in a record-setting $26 million-plus for his reelection campaign.
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.