Medicine

Greece confirmed three new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 2,892, health authorities announced on Tuesday.

Ministry representative and infectious disease expert Sotiris Tsiodras on Thursday said one mor patient died from Covid-19, with the death toll reaching 173. The median age of those who died was 76.

Yet, even with 22 countries in Europe already allowing the use of cannabis for medical purposes, Albania's announcement has raised eyebrows.

More than 2 million people worldwide have successfully recovered from the novel coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University released on May 22. 

The university's running tally counted 2,054,125 people who have recovered, as well as over 5,205,900 million confirmed infections. Total deaths stand at 337,572.

The concern stated that after the recent hacker attack on the company, the data of patients from Serbia reached the public.
"Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest supplier of dialysis products and services, is aware that data on patients from some of the company's dialysis centers in Serbia have been published by unauthorized persons," the statement said.

Owners and managers of cafes, bars and restaurants are scrambling to prepare their premises for reopening next Monday following a 10-week closure imposed as part of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) has issued a guide for owners, employees and patrons on preventing the transmission of the virus.

Turkey is planning to move to another phase in tests for the coronavirus by identifying occupation and age groups at most risk.

The authorities are hoping that the results of massive immunity analysis of the population will help them map out the cluster of vulnerable groups.

Any complacency in the fight against the coronavirus may have serious consequences for the entire country, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has warned, referring to the "butterfly effect."

"A small event may trigger a chain of events as the spread of the coronavirus, which generated from China's Wuhan, to the entire world," Koca wrote on Twitter.

One out of three Romanians would refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to an opinion survey conducted on May 13 and 14 by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy, IRES, results of which were published by media on Turesday.

But, it should not worry the parents because this is an extremely rare disease that is curable if detected in time.

The Turkish Red Crescent collected 3,970 immune plasmas donated across the country amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to the group's top official.