Concerns mount following fresh virus outbreaks

Health authorities were on renewed alert on Tuesday following a spate of coronavirus infections among migrant workers in Laconia, along with an outbreak among the crew of a cruise ship and a continuing upward trend in cases in Attica. 

In Laconia, in the Peloponnese, tests carried out over the past few days indicated that 37 migrant farm workers are infected with the virus. The first few cases were traced during a program testing local migrant workers for malaria. Testing has been stepped up as an estimated 1,500 workers live in the area. 

Epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras, who is advising the government in its response to the pandemic, traveled to Laconia Monday to assess the situation. 

Meanwhile the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) was coordinating with the captain of a Maltese-flagged cruise ship which was to dock at Piraeus early today after 12...

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