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First Case of Coronavirus Infection in Greece
Greek authorities have confirmed the first case of infection with the new coronavirus, Reuters quoted TASS as saying.
The infected is a 38-year-old woman who returned from Italy. She is hospitalized in Thessaloniki.
The information was released by the country's health minister.
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Greece confirms first coronavirus case
Greece reported its first coronavirus case on Wednesday in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.
Authorities said the female patient was 38 years old and had recently traveled from an area of northern Italy.
Her family will be quarantined for an estimated 14 days.
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The US Promised that the Coronavirus Vaccine will be Ready for Testing in 90 Days
The United States has officially announced the deadline for the production of a coronavirus vaccine, RIA Novosti reported.
In the United States, a coronavirus vaccine can be tested in a month and a half, and it will be ready for mass use in a year and a half, said Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institutes of Health.
Coronavirus fears prompt mask shortage in Thessaloniki
As fears grow about the possible spread of coronavirus in Greece, pharmacies in the northern port city of Thessaloniki have been running out of face masks used to prevent its transmission, state-run Athens Macedonia news agency (ANA-MPA) reports.
There is No Proven Covid-19 Carrier in Bulgaria
At a briefing this morning Ventsislav Mutafchiiski, Director of the Military Medical Academy and head of the crisis centre for preventing the spread of the new coronavirus Covid-19 in Bulgaria stated that at this time there is no proven coronavirus carrier in the country.
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Coronavirus pandemic inevitable, US warns as disease spreads across globe
Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Feb. 26, including the first U.S. soldier to be infected, as the United States warned of an inevitable pandemic, and outbreaks in Italy and Iran spread to more countries.
Emergency measures for coronavirus
Within the framework of the plan to deal with a possible outbreak of the new coronavirus in Greece, the government will issue a legislative act which will include measures to prevent it from appearing and spreading in the country.
According to government spokesman Stelios Petsas, the legislative act consists of five key articles.
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No confirmed coronavirus case so far in Turkey: Minister
Turkey has yet to see any confirmed case of the coronavirus, but that does not mean there will never be any, said the country's top health official on Feb. 26, a day after a plane carrying 132 Turkish passengers flying from Tehran landed in Ankara, all of whom are being kept under quarantine.
Mixed impact on local firms from coronavirus outbreak
Greek business is not hiding its concern about the spread of the new coronavirus, primarily in China and Italy, even though Greek enterprises have yet to feel any major negative impact from the virus. Certain local companies, mainly food exporters, have even benefited from the current situation, as many Italian consumers have been panic buying over the last few days.
France supports Greek demands for more fiscal space
In the context of mutual concerns about the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic on the global economy, especially in Greece and France, the finance ministers of the two countries, Christos Staikouras and Bruno Le Maire, discussed the implementation of the agreement they recently signed in Paris for boosting investments in Athens on Tuesday.