Contagion

Health Ministry officials are slated to host a press conference on Wednesday to discuss the trajectory of Covid-19 infections in Greece.

Almost no place has been spared — and no one.

The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On every continent, households have felt its devastation — joblessness and lockdowns, infirmity and death. And an abiding, relentless fear.

Family gatherings this Christmas should be limited to minimize the risk of contagion, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday during a visit to Thessaloniki.

Family gatherings this Christmas should be limited to minimise the risk of contagion, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday during a visit to Thessaloniki.

Lately, however, China has been stepping up its media game and taking centre stage, surfing on the pandemic wave.

"The Chinese embassy in Slovakia has started an information offensive," the Slovak cyber security portal Infosecurity.sk noted last month.

Restoring the free movement of people in Europe and opening internal borders is crucial to rescue the 2020 summer season. Tens of millions of jobs and family livelihoods are at stake as the coronavirus threatens to fatally damage the tourism sector.

Greece's tourism industry hopes that overseas lockdowns will continue to ease and flights can begin to pick up shortly.
The government is focusing its efforts on attracting European visitors, and counting on Greece's success so far in containing the epidemic to reassure visitors that they will be safe.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 is almost 3.6 million, BNT reported. More than 250,000 died.

The contagion is thought to have reached Europe much earlier than claimed.

A 50-year-old man from France was diagnosed with an acute pneumonia on December 27. Doctors now believe he was infected with a coronavirus.

Europe on May 3 prepared for a further cautious easing of coronavirus restrictions following signs the pandemic may be slowing, after Spaniards flocked to the streets to jog, cycle and rollerskate for the first time after 48 days of confinement.    

Dr Darija Kisic Tepavcevic said the analysis showed that this is precisely the region of the country where we have the highest rates of disease incidence, while in the rest of the country, a stable epidemiological situation is recorded.
She stated that this was precisely the reason why a new crisis staff was formed with Minister Nedimovic at the helm.