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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 375 new laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece during the last 24 hours, according to figures released by the National Organisation for Public Health on Saturday, of which four were intercepted during checks at the country's borders. The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic now stands at 420,670 (0.1 pct higher), of which 51.2 pct were males. On the basis on confirmed cases in the last seven days, 41 are considered linked to travel abroad and 618 to other known cases.
The number of Covid-19 patients on ventilators was 238 (64.3 pct males) and their median age was 67. Of these, 84 pct have either an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 years and above. A total of 2,657 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic. The number of hospital admissions due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours was 46 (down 13.21 pct), with the average for the week at 55. The median age of cases was 43 years old (from 0.2 to 106) and the median age of those dying of Covid-19 was 78 (ranging from 0.2 to 106 years).
There were 12 deaths due to Covid-19, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 12,646. Of these, 95.2 pct had either an underlying condition or were aged 70 or above.
Sampes tested: Since January 1, 2020 the laboratories testing for SARS-CoV-2 that declare the findings have tested 5,377,705 samples, while the NOPH units doing Rapid Ag tests have tested 5,127,430 samples.
Self-tests: Up until June 25, 2021 there have been 24,398,820 self-test results posted and 44,296 people have come in for re-testing.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.