ATHENS – With reports of cases and fatalities from the COVID-19 Coronavirus falling sharply in Greece, the Defense Ministry rejected reports that 11 more cases were confirmed at a military hospital.
In an announcement following the regular afternoon update by the government on the evolution of the pandemic, the ministry said that only one of the cases was of a military officer on active duty.
The other 10 confirmed cases, it said, were three civilians entitled to treatment at the military hospital, a retired police officer, two of his relatives, as well as three nurses and a visitor to the specific ward where all 10 cases were located, said Kathimerini.
Health Ministry adviser Sotiris Tsiodras said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose in the 24-hour period up to May 6 from the last update by 21 new cases, bringing the nationwide total to 2,663 and one more death bringing the total now to 147.
ATHENS - The two suspects arrested as members of a terrorist organisation which, according to the authorities, was intending to hit a target of Jewish and Israeli interest in downtown Athens will be brought before an examining magistrate later on Friday.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
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