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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 registered 22 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours and no fatalities since Thursday, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Friday.
The total number of cases is 3,343, 55.0 pct of whom are men. Of the total, 745 are people who were infected abroad and 1,861 were infected by already known cases. The source of infection for the rest is unknown. Their median age is 47 years.
Eleven Greeks are intubated in hospitals, and their average age is 60 years. Three are women while an 81,8 pct have an underlying condition or are aged 70+. A total of 119 patients have been discharged from ICUs.
The total number of fatalities since January 1 stands at 191, of whom 61 were women. The median age of the deceased was 76 years, while a 95.8 pct of patients had some underlying condition and/or were aged 70+.
Greece has tested a total of 295,851 people as of January 1 of whom 5,413 (1.8 pct) were found to be positive. (The total number includes repeat tests.)
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.