Nafplio Hospital

Gov’t mulls lockdown extension as inoculations proceed

Medical staff at Nafplio Hospital in the Peloponnese receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines Thursday. The Health Ministry said vaccinations will begin today at 55 public hospitals. Meanwhile, the government is mulling an extension of the nationwide lockdown by an additional week, Kathimerini understands.

150 people test positive for Covid-19 at Kranidi refugee facility

A total of 150 people in an accommodation facility in the town of Kranidi, in southern Greece, have tested positive for the new coronavirus, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias told jousnalists after visiting the site on Tuesday.

Hardalias said 148 of these are refugees, one is an employee, and one is an aid worker. All patients are asymptomatic, he said.