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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 — Ηealth Μinister Vassilis Kikilias, the health ministry's expert on the novel coronavirus Sotiris Tsiodras, and the president of Public National Health System (EODY) Panagiotis Arkoumaneas paid a visit to the Athens neighbourhood of Kypseli in a special mobile unit that carries out coronavirus testing in the city's squares as part of efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic in the centre of the Greek capital.
In his statements, Kikilias reiterated what he had said yesterday about the existence of 900 active cases in the 7 districts of the Municipality of Athens, emphasizing that the mobile units are located in the capital's centre "so that we can control the epidemiological load related to vulnerable groups and our fellow citizens."
"We will make sure that this can be addressed in the context of the measures we are taking for Attica," he added.
On his part, Tsiodras stated that "the strategy for the control of the virus concerns laboratory testing and, following the tracing of contacts of those testing positive, the isolation of the positive cases and the quarantine of their contacts."
He stressed that "this is the main strategy currently being followed around the world. Naturally, since the epidemic exhibits great diversity (heterogeneity), it is a localised epidemic, it concerns local areas, therefore these actions must be intensified in areas where there is an outbreak. This is what's happening at the moment, and it is extremely important in limiting the transmission of the virus."
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter was banned for life from the NBA on Wednesday after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the precarious effort to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders over a two-day summit of the special European Council will discuss economic and competitiveness issues in Ukraine, Türkiye, the Middle East and Lebanon, stated Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis upon his arrival in Brussels on Wednesday night.