News archive of April 2020
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.
Number of employment contracts suspended, terminated since start of state of emergency exceed 1 million
The cumulative number of suspended and terminated employment contracts registered since the introduction of the state of emergency exceeded one million, according to the figures published on Thursday by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.