Central Greece

2,097 cases in Attica alone as the Greek capital pays the toll of the 120 demonstrations in just 40 days

All special education schools in the region of Attica - where Athens is located - will close until Wednesday (Feb. 17) "to avoid accidents caused by the bad weather," the local regional authority announced on Monday.

The decision was made because of the difficulty children would face getting to their schools due to the snow and frost.

A fire that broke out at a high-voltage power station in western Attica on Sunday night did not have any serious impact on the atmosphere, according to a team of Environment Ministry inspectors that visited the site on Monday, but several other problems were noted.

There has been no serious atmospheric burden as a result of the fire that broke out at a high-voltage power station in a suburb of Attica on Sunday night that led to power outages in Athens and Piraeus as well as areas of the Peloponnese peninsula, according to a team of Environment Ministry inspectors that visited the site on Monday.

A series of attacks targeting banks across Attica took place early on Monday morning.

At 2.38 a.m. two ATMs and the facade of a Piraeus Bank branch in Agios Dimitrios were damaged by vandals.

That was followed at 3.39 a.m. by an arson attack on an ATM at the Eurobank branch in Galatsi.

Attica's increasing viral load is troubling both the government and health authorities, who are looking at ways to stem the new tide.

According to reports, if cases continue to rise, infectious disease experts are considering two scenarios, which will be discussed at their scheduled meeting this afternoon.

Greek health experts are concerned about the increase in the number in new Covid-19 infections in the past 48 hours, particularly in Attica, saying that this development may halt any plans to further open the economy.

In Attica alone on Wednesday, 409 new cases were detected, of which 76 were in the northern suburbs, 104 in the center of Athens and 49 in Eastern Attica.

A fresh bout of wintry weather that swept into Greece on Monday and Tuesday has whipped up gale-force winds and brought storm clouds over many parts of the country, and is also pushing temperatures down to single digits and below.

A cold front dubbed Leandros is hitting Greece with snow on Saturday, with power outages reported in the eastern part of Thessaloniki.

Regions as far south as Crete are expecting an onslaught heavy rain and strong winds that will last through Tuesday.

The Citizens' Protection Ministry and the Hellenic Police (ELAS) are concerned over the development of the pandemic in the region of Attica, as well as a defiant decision by the Orthodox Church to open churches to the faithful Wednesday, despite a government ban.