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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 2,125 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 7 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 641,022 infections (daily change: +0.3 pct). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 137 infections are related to travel from abroad and 3,502 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 31 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 14,606. Of these, 95.4 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 331 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years and 81.6 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the total, 300 (90.63 pct) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated, and 31 (9.37 pct) are fully vaccinated.
Another 3,118 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 162 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -28.63 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 186.
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.
ATHENS – The Hellenic Post (ELTA) and the International Foundation for Greece (IFG) presented the latest issues of the Commemorative Stamp Series ‘Distinguished Greek Personalities – IFG’ at a press conference on October 14 at the Dimitrios Pandermalis amphitheater of the Acropolis Museum.
BOSTON – The AF Foundation presents the Wines of Peloponnesos event taking place on Saturday, November 9, 6-8 PM at the Maliotis Cultural Center, 50 Goddard Avenue in Brookline, MA.
NEW YORK – The Greek-American community was saddened by the loss of Aristides Hatzimemos, who passed away October 12, at the age of 93.
ATHENS - Miltos Tentoglou has been named one of the five finalists for the 2024 World Athletics Awards, as announced by the international athletics federation on Monday.
OAKS, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took their fight for Pennsylvania to opposite ends of the state Monday, with Harris speaking in the northwest corner in Erie and Trump in the southeastern suburbs of Philadelphia.