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Empty shelves at supermarkets as over 6,000 workers are sick in Victoria

Victoria’s acting Health Minister James Merlino has just finished providing his update. Joined by the deputy secretary for Victoria’s COVID-19 response Naomi Bromley, he stressed the importance of citizens doing …

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Fines for those failing to register positive RATs in NSW

The NSW government made the registration of positive rapid antigen tests mandatory within 24 hours of the result. This decision comes under new measures set to be introduced to curb …

Maya Angelou is the first African-American woman to feature on a US coin

The United States Mint has begun circulating 25c coins that feature the portrait of the late Maya Angelou making the poet and civil rights activist whose husband was Greek, the …

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“Everybody is frustrated” says Victoria’s Acting CHO Prof. Cowie as Omicron sweeps through the community

Victorian COVID response Commander, Jeroen Weimar, and Acting Chief Health Officer (CHO), Professor Ben Cowie, briefed ethnic media on the government’s new COVID restrictions. Professor Ben Cowie presented the media …

Greek-Australian specialist engineer creates his own Antikythera Mechanism and presents plans for the world to use

While a team from the University of London made a big splash early in 2021 when it unveiled its 3D rendering of the famed Antikythera Mechanism, a Greek Australian living …

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I contracted COVID-19 recently. Do I still need a booster shot?

You have done your bit and followed the advice: got both jabs, saved the date for your booster, stayed home when unwell and avoided unnecessary gatherings indoors. But then…Omicron came …

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Gay or bisexual men can now be blood donors in Greece

It was in the early 1980s, in the midst of the HIV/Aids epidemic when several countries around the world imposed a ban on blood donations coming from men who had …

Call by former Greek-Australian politician to boycott Ancient Greek warriors’ exhibition generates debate on Facebook

Former Victorian Labor Minister, Theo Theophanous called for a boycott of the current exhibition Ancient Greeks: Athletes Warriors and Heroes at the National Museum of Australia from the British Museum. …

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‘I am not vaccinated’: Djokovic saga continues as 7-hour interview with Border Force made public

Greek Australians were among dozens of fans who gathered on Monday in Melbourne’s CBD to celebrate Novak Djokovic’s court win. And it wasn’t all just cheering with two officers suffering …

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Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude shakes Cyprus

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Cyprus region on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 2 km (1.24 miles), EMSC said. …

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