Occupational safety and health

Turkey has seen a significant drop in the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients.

The number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition in the country dropped to below 2,000 for the first time in three months thanks to strict coronavirus measures in place since Dec.1, 2020, according to country's Health Ministry.

Education Minister Sorin Cimpeanu said on Tuesday that opening schools on February 8 is not conditional upon the teaching staff getting immunised against the COVID-19, but by epidemiological developments.

Greek health authorities reported 842 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, pushing the total number of cases to 153,226.

Of these new cases, 13 were reported at the country's entry points.

There were 283 intubated patients on Tuesday, with a median age of 68, according to data from the daily bulletin of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).

The decision was taken in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and after the recommendation of the special infectious disease committee

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Greek health authorities reported 436 new coronavirus infections on Monday, pushing the total number of cases to 152,412.

Of these new cases, 20 were reported at the country's entry points.

Another 65 people infected with the novel coronavirus - 38 men and 27 women - died in the past 24 hours, according to data released Monday by the Strategic Communication Group (CSG), with the total number of deaths reaching 17,841.

Greece has detected 32 cases of the British variant of Covid-19, health authorities said on Sunday, with the country's Network of Genomic Monitoring planning more intensive checks in the coming weeks for the potentially more deadly virus.

Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis is due to meet Monday with the committee of health experts advising the government on the management of the coronavirus pandemic to discuss the possibility of gradually lifting certain restrictions starting on February 1.

566 are new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Bulgaria. 9786 PCR tests were performed. This is indicated by the data in the Unified Information Portal.

1248 are newly cured, 58 are dead, 284 are in the intensive care unit. Most new cases are in Sofia, Plovdiv and Pazardzhik.