Concern over health service infections

Health authorities are increasingly concerned about the ability of the health service to treat a rising number of coronavirus patients as the frequency with which doctors, nurses and administrative staff at hospitals are testing positive for the virus is growing.

In a bid to tackle the problem and ensure that the front line of Greece's response to the Covid-19 threat is not depleted, it was decided Wednesday that only health workers with symptoms will be quarantined.
Other employees, who may have been infected but show no symptoms, will not be required to go into quarantine as long as they observe hygiene rules. 

The decision was announced on Wednesday during a joint press conference by Deputy Citizens' Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias and Health Ministry representative Sotiris Tsiodras. 

Tsiodras announced 31 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the...