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Six dead, 64 critical from flu as pressure grows on ICUs
The number of people with serious flu symptoms is rising, with a total of 64 people in intensive care units and six dead after contracting the virus since November, new figures showed on Thursday.
Pressure on ICUs growing as flu cases rise
The number of people with serious flu symptoms is rising, with a total of 64 people in intensive care units and six dead after contracting the virus since November, new figures showed on Thursday.
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Serious flu cases rise amid shortage of intensive care beds
The number of people with serious flu symptoms is rising while beds in Greek hospitals' intensive care units are filling up fast.
Polakis accuses judicial officials of stalling major corruption cases
Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis issued a long-winded statement on Wednesday alleging that prosecutors and investigative magistrates probing two major corruption cases were deliberately delaying the ongoing investigations, in what was seen as an interference in Justice.
Flu claims one life in Greece
Greek health authorities have recorded the first death from complications caused by flu, according to weekly data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) on Friday.
The victim was a 49-year-old man who had been infected with type A flu and had been hospitalized in an intensive care unit. He had not been vaccinated.
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Health probe to go to House
A report by a parliamentary committee into alleged corruption and financial mismanagement in the public health sector is to go to the House in four sections, it emerged Thursday.
The first section of the 2,400-page report, to come to Parliament on November 6, concerns the transfer of the Henry Dunant Hospital to Piraeus Bank.
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West Nile virus linked to 34 deaths in Greece this year
Three more people have died as a result of complications after contracting the West Nile virus, bringing the death toll across Greece from the beginning of the year so far to 34, according to authorities.
According to the weekly epidemiological surveillance report of the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), reported cases have reached 289 this year.
West Nile death toll rises to 31 after 4 more deaths
Four people died last week as a result of complications after contracting the West Nile virus, bringing the death toll across Greece from the beginning of the year to 31, according to authorities.
According to a weekly report issued by the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), reported cases reached 271 over on Satuday.
West Nile virus linked to 31 deaths in Greece this year
Four people died this week as a result of complications after contracting the West Nile virus, bringing the death toll across Greece from the beginning of the year so far to 31, according to authorities.
Measles cases on wane, but authorities not resting easy just yet
A measles outbreak that has infected more than 3,200 people in Greece since May last year seems to be on the wane, as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported no new cases over the past week.