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“Remain Calm” Greek Ministers Have “Everything” Under Control

2021-04-03 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The people of Crete are weary of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and the seeming inability of Greek leadership to protect them.

Tags: Corporate Watch, COVID vaccine, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Summer 2021, third wave, Tourism in Greece, Tourism Minister Theoharis, TUI

Greek Officials Fear Third Wave of COVID Cases Imminent

2021-02-03 by Argophilia Travel News

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Earlier this week news outlets reported on the New Democracy government’s concerns the third wave of coronavirus might be fueled by a stopgap COVID-19 strategy.

Tags: Athens coronavirus, Attica, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, ESY, National Health System, New Democracy, Pfizer COVID vaccine, third wave, vaccine, Vassilis Kikilias

Greek Officials Fear “Third Wave” of Coronavirus Infections

2020-11-26 by Argophilia Travel News

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Nikos Kapravelos, who is the head of the ICUs at the George Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki, says he fears Greece could be hit with a third wave in 2021.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, George Papanikolaou General Hospital, Greece COVID-19, Nikos Kapravelos, third wave

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