Imperial College in London

The Greek physicist Giorgos Grammatikakis has passed away at the age of 84. He had been receiving medical care at the University General Hospital of Iraklio on Crete for several days due to respiratory failure before succumbing on Wednesday morning.

With the number of cases of coronavirus spreading in multiple countries around the globe, researchers at the Imperial College in London have made a sobering prediction that the death toll might soar into critically high numbers if social distancing and other mitigation measures fail.

The coronavirus epidemic could kill 1.8 million people worldwide. This is predicted by scientists at the Imperial College in London, BTA reported.

These hypotheses are based on mathematical simulations that take into account the infectivity and the estimated mortality of COVID-19.

It was a typically anodyne statement by the World Health Organisation: "Given the magnitude of the Zika crisis, WHO encourages affected countries and their partners to boost the use of both old and new approaches to mosquito control." Anodyne, that is, until you realize what they mean by "new approaches."

Around 5,000 Romanian students go abroad to study each year, mostly in Western Europe, lured by better educational standards as well as the hope of better jobs and salaries after finishing their studies, according to estimates.

A study by the League of Romanian Students Studying Abroad, LSRS, say that the main destinations are the UK, France, Germany, Denmark and Holland.

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has blamed SYRIZA supporters for heckling him during a tension-filled even at Imperial College in London.

Speaking on Monday morning, after his appearance at the university over the weekend, Georgiadis dismissed his critics as a small group of leftists amid a larger audience.