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Testing on raw sewage in Athens shows a steep spike in Covid-19 infections over the holiday season, an expert said on Tuesday.

The triple onslaught of Covid-19, which began in early December, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has intensified in the last week due to large Christmas gatherings, with health experts stressing "we are only at the beginning" and predicting it will continue until the end of January and early February. 

Six in 10 patients say they don't feel their care plan is organized around all of their health and wellness needs, describing an outpatient care system that does not ensure continuity in care, according to the conclusions of the pilot phase of a study by the Health Services Organization and Evaluation Laboratory of the University of Athens in collaboration with the Organization for Quality Assu

Pharmacists are urging people at high risk of contracting severe influenza to get the flu shot. This is essential, they stressed, to develop immunity before the start of the flu season, expected in mid- to late December.

The placement of a permanent continuous stimulation system in the spinal cord area, analogous to a cardiac pacemaker, has allowed a 38-year-old woman to walk again after five years in a wheelchair. She had fallen from a great height, damaging her spinal cord and losing sensation from the navel down.

The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou attended on Monday the opening of the "Judicial Renaissance" seminar at the University of Athens, which is co-organized by the Council of State, the School of Law of the University of Athens, and the National Judicial College of the USA.

A human skull which was found in the grounds of an air base in Koropi, eastern Attica, will undergo a forensic examination.

The bones were collected by police officers and sent to the forensic service of the University of Athens, state broadcaster ERT reported.

A study conducted by the University of Athens showed high levels of burnout among healthcare professional following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Updated vaccines targeting the Omicron subvariant of the coronavirus are expected in the United States in late September and in Greece by mid-fall, Theodora Psaltopoulou, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Athens, told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA).

SYRIZA has endorsed Costas Zachariadis as its candidate for Athens mayor in the upcoming local government elections on October 8, the party's Political Secretariat said on Thursday.

The decision was between Zachariadis and Nikos Filis, the former minister of education, after the secretariat decided not to back former basketball player Nikos Pappas.