Greeks abroad cut off from home amid lockdowns

Electra is in France, Marina's in Hong Kong, Claire is in the United Kingdom, Odysseas is in Australia and Konstantinos is in the United States. Until very recently, they each led their separate lives in different parts of the world, connected only by their Greek roots and the challenges of their generation. Then the new coronavirus appeared, flattening our diverse and multifaceted world and, oddly, making it seem smaller and more united.

Our first stop is London and the flat of Claire Dimopoulou, a makeup artist. "As a freelancer who can't eat unless I work and with a partner who works in food service, a sector that has been irrevocably damaged, we find ourselves getting almost desperate for the first time in our lives," she tells Kathimerini. "In the early days, when the planet started entering a state of quarantine, we were mere observers, as the UK put off taking action...