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Greek government investigates priests flouting Covid-19 rules, offering Holy Communion
Greece’s government has asked for the Prosecutor’s office to investigate two incidents of priests allegedly offering Holy Communion to parishioners despite the ban on church attendance as part of coronavirus …
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Greek lamb and goat sales set to plummet thanks to Covid-19
With Easter looming, yet another casualty of Covid-19 has become apparent. The Greek livestock industry fears that the traditional demand for lambs on goats at this year is set to …
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Greek seismologist say coronavirus measures have reduced seismic ‘noise’
Greek experts have found that lockdown measures in Greece have resulted in a drop in seismic “noise”. Data from the United National Seismological Network showed that there have been less …
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Niarchos foundation offers $100 million to combat effects of Covid-19
The Stravros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced on Tuesday, 7 April, that it was making available $100 million to combat the immediate and long term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The …
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Greek piano prodigy offers solace to those in Covid-19 isolation
He may be seven years old but the kid can play. Stelios Kerasidis is also a child with heart that not even Covid-19 will suppress. The piano prodigy used the …
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Coronavirus cases in Greece reach 1,673 while UN warns that ‘everyone is at risk’
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Greece has risen to 1,673 according to the latest updates from the country’s Health Ministry. At the time of this update a total …
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Australian doctors request release of asylum seekers to protect them from Covid-19 infection
More than 1,200 doctors from across the country have signed a letter to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, Citizens and Multiculturalism Minister Alan Tudge and Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural …
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Ritsona refugee camp in full lockdown due to 20 cases of coronavirus
The Ritsona refugee and asylum-seekers camp has been placed on a full lockdown for two weeks since Thursday morning, after 20 residents tested positive for Covid-19. The lockdown was ordered …
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Onassis Foundation, shipowners bring in 13.5 million masks
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his health minister Vassillis Kikilias were at Athens’ international airport to receive a huge consignment of surgical masks from China which was paid for …
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Xanthi team make 3D masks to help medical staff
Greek cardiologist Komnenos Gambras from Xanthi, northeastern Greece, and self-taught computer engineer Anestis Papachristou created a voluntary group of seven people to make plastic masks using 3D printer technology for …