The online vaccination platform for children aged 5 to 11 years old will open on Friday according to the briefing given on Monday by Marios Themistokleous, Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Healthcare.
Three people have been arrested and 11 have been detained by the police during the rally marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of Alexis Grigoropoulos.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ first trip to Russia on Wednesday will not, as many believe, be a mere PR exercise, government sources in Athens say.
Universal vaccination and new medications against Covid-19 are the key to beating the pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, tells Kathimerini.
The number of people vaccinated against the coronavirus is rising and at an accelerated pace. The spike in cases, deaths and intubations, as well as expanding vaccination mandates affecting more professions and, now, a whole age group – those over 60 – have led to a significant rise in bookings for a first dose.
The new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, arrives in Cyprus Monday, replacing Elizabeth Spehar whose term ended on November 30.
Greece recorded 116 deaths on Monday, the highest daily death toll since May 2020. The briefing by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 4,943 new coronavirus cases and revealed that there are currently 714 intubated patients in the country’s ICUs.
Greece is forging ahead with the digitization of processes for renewing driving licences and issuing replacement copies of vehicle registration papers, through two new applications presented by the Digital Governance Ministry on Monday.
A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over Panayia at an altitude of 27,000 feet on Monday at 3.33 p.m.
There are some 6.5 million people insured with EFKA and the vast majority will have run into delays, problems and confusion in dealing with an entity that has only been around for five years yet is notorious for its poor operation.