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Government spokesman Stelios Petsas on Wednesday heralded new measures for the containment of the coronavirus outbreak, saying that authorities will be announcing a ban on social gatherings within the day.

After extensive clashes between officers and islanders that left 62 people injured on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios, the government announced on Wednesday that it is withdrawing most of the riot police units that were stationed there to counter fierce reaction to the creation of new, closed migrant camps.

Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Thursday announced a legislative initiative to facilitate the immediate hiring of medical staff at the hospitals on the eastern Aegean islands that bear the brunt of migration influx.
Speaking on Alpha TV, Kikilias said that the hospitals needed to be supported because they were originally designed to serve the needs of the local population.

Seeking to stem rising migrant flows into Greece, a government plan is currently under way to seal land borders and improve sea surveillance "from one end of the Aegean to the other."

Two new polls on Wednesday showed the main opposition maintaining a significant lead which hovered or exceeded nine percent over ruling SYRIZA.
In a survey by pollster Alco, conducted on behalf of Open TV, New Democracy got 34 percent of valid votes against SYRIZA's 24.3 percent.

Polling stations in Greece's triple elections for European Parliament and regional and local government closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday, with a public opinion poll showing a solid lead for the conservative New Democracy party.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday called for a "strong result" in Sunday's elections for European Parliament and local government that would compel Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call general elections early instead of in October when the leftist government's term expires.

Three 15-year-olds who took the car of one their fathers without him knowing died after the vehicle collided with a small truck traveling in the opposite direction on the national highway connecting the southern towns of Kyparissia and Filiatra in southern Greece, according to reports by local media on Tuesday.

The accident occurred on Monday morning.

Greece will be announcing 10,000 new state sector jobs in 2019, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Thursday in the wake of the announcement Tuesday of a tentative deal with the Church of Greece.

Greece will be hiring 10,000 new civil servants in 2019, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Thursday in the wake of the announcement Tuesday of a tentative deal with the Church of Greece.