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New COVID-19 Data in Greece

2024-01-06 by Kostas Raptis

COVID-19

On Thursday, January 4th, 2024, a total of 163 free COVID-19 tests were conducted at central locations across sixty regional units of Greece.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19

Greece 2022 Should Be Dubbed the “Omicron Summer”

2022-08-03 by Phil Butler

A new initiative by Kathimerini claims to Reimagine Tourism while issues of hypertourism seem to take a back burner to growth.

Greece confirmed 122,230 new coronavirus cases for the week of July 25-31. Will this be the Omicron Summer?

Tags: COVID-19, EODY, Greece, Greece 2022, Greece COVID-19, Greece officials, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis administration, Mykonos, Omicron, Omicron Summer

Greece Records 8,083 Covid-19 Cases on Tuesday

2022-06-15 by Argophilia Travel News

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Officials at Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) confirmed 8,083 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, on Tuesday.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Crete COVID, EODY, Greece tourism, health crisis, Mykonos, Mykonos tourism, Santorini, Santorini COVID, Santorini tourism

Greece’s EODY Reports 4,496 New COVID Cases

2022-06-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Omnicron

Greece officials at the National Public Health Organization (EODY) confirmed 4,496 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours.

Tags: COVID Mykonos, COVID Santorini, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, crete, Heraklion COVID, Heraklion vacations, Mykonos, Santorini, tourism

Greece Reports 5,588 New Coronavirus Cases in Past 24 Hours

2022-05-25 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Greek officials confirmed (PDF) 5,588 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. Santorini case incidences top 300 per 100k people.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece tourism

Greece Reports 2,235 New Covid-19 Cases and 21 Fatalities on Monday

2022-05-24 by Argophilia Travel News

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On Monday, Greece’s National Organization for Public Health (EODY) announced some 2,235 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 virus-related deaths.

Tags: Coronavirus cases, COVID-19, EODY, Greece COVID deaths, Greece pandemic, Mykonos COVID-19, Santorini COVID

Travel & Tourism Recovery to Be Guarded by Twelve-month EU COVID Certificate

2021-11-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

The IATA tells the EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) should only remain valid for up to nine months after the second vaccine dose.

Tags: booster shots, COVID certificate, COVID-19, EU Commission, Europe COVID-19, IATA, pandemic, Rafael Schvartzman, WHO, World Health Organization

Greece Braces for Omicron COVID-19 Strains

2021-11-27 by Phil Butler

Omnicron

Greece is in a particularly vulnerable situation vaccination wise, should the new Omicron strains reach the vulnerable population.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, coronavirus pandemic, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Fourth wave, Maria Van Kerkhove, Omnicron, Omnicron strains, pandemic, WHO

EODY Reports 3,651 New COVID Cases in 24 Hours

2021-10-27 by Argophilia Travel News

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Greece confirmed 3,651 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours including 63 fatalities from complications of the disease.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, EODY, Greece, Greece coronavirus, pandemic Greece

The Deadly Pandemic Game Greece Is Losing

2021-10-25 by Phil Butler

Anti-maskers

Greece health experts say a fourth wave of COVID-19 is on the horizon, but Greek leadership maintains course to bolster the economy.

Tags: anti-vaxxers, COVID strains, COVID variants, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 economics, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, Delta variant, EODY, Mitsotakis administration, new strains

Greece Records 2,190 New Coronavirus Infections in 24 Hours

2021-09-19 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

Greek officials have confirmed 2,190 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 37 more fatalities.

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, Mykonos, pandemic Greece

Dear Kyriakos Mitsotakis – Feel Free to Blame Failure on Cosmic Rays Now

2021-07-27 by Phil Butler

More fumbling from Greece’s leadership may indicate some form of cosmic mind control ray is making them just this dumb.

Tags: Amber Plus List, COVID-19, Greece Summer 2.0, Greece vaccines, Grigoris Tasios, Halkidiki Hotel Association, Hines, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, quarantine hotels, Ronn Torossian, Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis, TUI, “Blue Freedom”

COVID Cases in Greece Skyrocket As Vacation Season Goes Full Tilt

2021-07-08 by Phil Butler

Amoudara Beach

Something of an emergency has taken place in Greece as the country recorded 1,820 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 restrictions, Crete COVID, Crete holidays, Crete pandemic, Crete vacation, Heraklion COVID, Heraklion pandemic

Vaccinated U.K. Travelers Free to Travel to Cyprus from May 1st

2021-03-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Kyrenia

U.K. nationals who have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine will be allowed to visit the island as of May 1.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, Cyprus, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus news, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Pfizer COVID vaccine, UK travelers

European Tourism Manifesto Launches #Tourism4Recovery Campaign

2021-03-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Tourism Manifesto

This week the European Tourism Manifesto alliance, a group of more than 60 public and private travel and tourism organizations, has launched a COVID-19 awareness campaign tagged #Tourism4Recovery. The campaign is intended to inform on the impacts of the pandemic, while at the same time laying the groundwork for sustainable investment. The plan, which was published last month, […]

Tags: #Tourism4Recovery, COVID-19, Europe tourism, European Tourism Manifesto, European travel

EU Citizens! Time to Give Ursula von der Leyen the All-Important “WTF?”

2021-03-01 by Phil Butler

Ursula von der Leyen

If the vaccines don’t arrive soon, Greece will be out of the tourism business for 2021 and beyond. But the wider news is far worse.

Tags: AirBnb, bankrupt hotels, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, economic catastrophe, EU COVID response, hospitality, human tragedy, pandemic, Steak & Shake, UK COVID, world media, world response

Europe Leadership Seems Stymied by New COVID Variant

2021-02-03 by Argophilia Travel News

Eiffel Tower

The new COVID strain has Europe leaders scrambling for answers. Experts say the virus will continue to mutate until stopped from replicating.

Tags: B117, COVID mutations, COVID variants, COVID-19, pandemic

Greece to Administer First Covid-19 Vaccinations on December 27

2020-12-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Vaccine

Greek officials have announced that the first COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered at designated reference hospitals in Attica on December 27.

Tags: coronavirus impacts, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, pandemic response, pandemic vaccine, Pfizer COVID vaccine

Hoteliers in North Africa Focusing on 2021 Positives

2020-12-12 by Phil Butler

Tunisia resort

Hoteliers in North African countries are beginning to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Flights and investments on the rise.

Tags: COVID-19, Egypt economy, Egypt hotels, Egypt tourists, Egypt travel, Hilton, Hilton Tunisia, Morocco hotels, Morocco tourism, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Tunisia hotels, Tunisia tourism, Tunisia vacations

Greece Cuts Traveler COVID-19 Quaranteen Time to 3 Days For Holidays

2020-12-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Greek authorities have now reduced the mandatory quarantine time for incoming travelers to the country during the holiday season to only 3 days.

Tags: COVID-19, Greece quaranteen, Greece travel, Stelios Petsas, tourism

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