Health authorities on coronavirus alert

With Italy confirming a seventh death from the new coronavirus and at least 200 infections, the Greek Health Ministry is focusing its efforts on increasing alertness among citizens arriving in Greece from areas affected by the virus to seek immediate medical attention if they develop suspicious symptoms.

Moreover, after successive meetings between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Health Ministry and medical authorities, the government is stepping up recruitments and emergency funding of health structures not only so that there is an effective response to any case of the new coronavirus - a possibility that has risen sharply following developments in neighboring Italy - but also for an outbreak of the virus. 

The amount of funding and the number of hirings will be decided in the next 24 hours in cooperation with the relevant ministries.

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