News archive of April 2020

457 New COVID-19 Cases in Bulgaria

457 new COVID-19 cases in the country. One of the patients is a 9-year old girl.

189 people are hospitalized. 18 patients are in severe health condition. There are already 25 cured.

Further information will be provided.

Coronavirus deaths rise to 53 with total cases pending as tests on ferry continue

Greek Health Ministry spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras on Thursday announced 99 new cases of coronavirus with the death toll rising to 53. 

Of these 23 are residents at the Ritsona refugee camp, north of Athens, and 49 people on a passenger ferry currently anchored off Piraeus. 

Deaths rose to 53 after three more patients, died in the hospital, he said.

Iohannis: I requested Gov't monthly bonus for personnel working with COVID-19 patients

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Thursday that he requested the Executive identify sufficient European funds in order to pay a monthly bonus to the doctors and medical staff that are working with patients infected with COVID-19. In this sense, the head of state mentioned "a consistent bonus, of several hundred euro per month".

Fresh Turkish overflights in eastern Aegean

Two Turkish F-16 fighter jets entered Athens' Flight Information Region (FIR) without submitting a flight plan at 2.19 p.m. Thursday and flew over Oinousses, in the eastern Aegean, at 26,000 feet.

Two minutes later, the two jets flew over Panagia islet at 21,000 feet.

The Turkish aircraft were intercepted by Greek jets in line with international rules of engagement.

Fighting Covid-19 requires social solidarity and humane policies

Countries across the globe have instituted radical measures in the fight against the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, to create physical distance: closing schools; shuttering shops and restaurants; asking families to barricade themselves indoors; securing their borders.

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