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Greek Officials Extend Lockdown Measures Until January 18th

2021-01-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Nikos Hardalias

Greece’s Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias announced on Friday the extension of the country’s COVID-19 lockdown measures until Monday, January 18.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, lockdown, pandemic lockdowns

Greek Officials Extend Lockdown and Limit Coronavirus Test Prices

2020-11-28 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY

Greek health authorities announced this past Frida having detected some 2,013 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours previous.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 testing, Europe lockdowns, Greece COVID-19, Greece lockdown, lockdown

The Second Wave of COVID-19 Is Now Overwhelming Greek Hospitals

2020-11-20 by Phil Butler

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Greece’s government now admits that the current lockdown to stop COVID-19 was too late. Now, hospitals in the country are overwhelmed.

Tags: Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 response, COVID-19 second wave, Dr. Nikos Egoumenidou, Haris Vavouranakis, Heraklion, ICU, lockdown, New Democracy, Nikos Egoumenidou, pandemic restrictions, PM Mitsotakis, Thessaloniki, travel restrictions

Greek Authorities Report 2,917 New Coronavirus Cases and 29 Fatalities

2020-11-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) announced two thousand nine hundred and seventeen (2,917) new coronavirus cases in the country, 27 of which were detected after checks at the country’s gateways. The total number of infections is 49,807, of which 54.5% are men. One hundred and eighty-seven (187) patients whose median age is 66 […]

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Greek Officials Report 1,678 New COVID-19 Cases on Sunday

2020-11-02 by Argophilia Travel News

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The Hellenic National Public Health Organisation (EODY) announced 1,678 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday.

Tags: COVID lockdowns, COVID-19 cancellations, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, Greece emergency, health, health emergency, lockdown, pandemic regulations, pandemic response, Thessaloniki

Greek Health Officials Say There are Enough ICU Beds for Now

2020-09-28 by Phil Butler

Covid-19

The Hellenic Intensive Care Society President Αnna Kotanidou assures citizens of enough ICU beds.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus Greece, COVID lockdown, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, lockdown, travel

Greece Officials Showing Off in TUI Dog & Pony Show

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

Dog and pony show

Greece seems to be caving in to pressure from German tour giant TUI to forge through a COVID 2nd wave and create off season bookings.

Tags: Greece lockdown, Greece tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greek Prime Minister, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, lockdown, Sebastian Ebel, Theoharis, travel stocks, TUI, TUI Group, TUI stocks

Greece’s Mitsotakis Pleads for Citizen Vigilance to Combat COVID-19

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pleading with Greek citizens to be vigilant and to respect COVID-19 safety measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Tags: COVID-19 economics, Covid-19 pandemic, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, lockdown, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Crete’s IQ App Guru Comes Out With “6 Clues” This Time Around

2020-07-13 by Phil Butler

Fanis Kourtikakis with his wife Ligeri back home on Crete island

Crete programmer Fanis Kourtikakis creates another brain-training wonder with “6 Clues” – an app that is hard to put down.

Tags: 6 Clues, app creation, app programmers, apps, Brain Stars Evolution, brain training apps, college entrance exams, COVID-19, Crete people, during lockdown, educational travel, exam training, exams, Fanis Kourtikakis, games, Google, Google Play, IQ testing, IQ training, lockdown, pandemic response, People of Crete, programming, technology

COVID-19 Chania Slipup Adds to Crete’s Fears of Second Wave

2020-06-24 by Phil Butler

Chania harbor

A case of coronavirus in Chania on Crete has health officials puzzled as a 20 Swedish telecommunications worker slips past Athens controls.

Tags: Chania, Chania coronavirus, Chania hotels, Chania Prefecture, Chania travel, Chania travelers, Coronavirus, Greek vacation, GreekVacation2020, lockdown

Cretans Start May Off Right With a New Era of KALIMERA!

2020-05-04 by Phil Butler

Crete pharmacists

Cretans are world renowned for the love of life, strangers, and for their fierce independence. Today, their spirit shines all the brighter.

Tags: coronavirus response, COVID-19, Crete lockdown, Greece lockdown, Heraklion, Heraklion lockdown, Heraklion stores, lockdown, May 4th, X-Treme Sports

Santorini Should Be Jealous of Saturday’s Crete Sunset

2020-05-03 by Phil Butler

Alison Hatzidakis

A Crete sunset symbolizes what Cretans hope will be the end of a pandemic, and a new beginning.

Tags: alfakapa__, Chania, Coronavirus, Cretan photographers, crete, Crete Instagram, Crete photography, Giorgos Trivizadakis, Greece, Heraklion, Heraklion sunset, Ierapetra, instagram, Instagram sunsets, instakissamos, Kissamos, lockdown, Manos Garefalakis, Platanias, Rethymno, v3silik7

Etihad Airways Pushing Ahead With Normal Flight Plans

2020-04-17 by Delia Gavrilescu

Ethiad

An update from Etihad Airways reveals current and planned operations as COVID-19 travel restrictions remain in place around the world.

Tags: airline business, airlines, Coronavirus, Ethiad, Etihad Airways, flight delays, flight schedules, flights, lockdown, UAE




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