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Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) is investigating cases of invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) after an increase in infections. A team was sent to the General Hospital of Ilia in the Peloponnese following two deaths.

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Thursday a surge in whooping cough cases, including two deaths, and called for timely vaccinations against the disease. 

According to preliminary lab tests, the gastroenteritis cases in the areas of Rizomylos and Stefanovikeio, in central Greece, were caused by contamination in the water network, EODY announced on Monday. 

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) alerted medical associations throughout Greece about a spike in parvovirus cases among children at a kindergarten in Thessaloniki, after a 3.5-year-old child passed away after developing acute myocarditis due to parvovirus B19. 

With the expected arrival of more African dust, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) has recommended a limit on outdoor activities, and if not possible, the use of high-respiratory protection masks. It advised people to improve indoor air quality with air purifiers, cleaning surfaces with a damp cloth, and avoiding smoking or vacuuming.

Cases of syphilis increased by over 113 percent and of gonorrhea by over 120 percent between 2020 and 2022, data from the Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) has shown.

In 2022, there were 862 syphilis diagnoses compared with 404 in 2020. Gonorrhea diagnoses went up from 164 to 362 in the same period.

Against the backdrop of the outbreak of measles in Europe, the Hellenic National Public Health Organization has urged members of the public to check that they are vaccinated against the illness.

Deaths from flu and covid rose to 48 last week, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Thursday, with an average age of 85.

Of the deceased, 40 were infected with Covid-19, while eight were infected with flu.

Covid-related deaths dropped slightly to 15 in the period from July 17 to 23 from 16 the week before that, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) confirmed in its weekly bulletin on Thursday.

The number of patients who had to be intubated, seven, marked a 75% rise compared to the four-week average before it.

The sixth death of a child due to the streptococcus A (Strep A) infection has been recorded in Greece since the beginning of 2023, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY) on Monday.

The 7-year-old child died in a hospital in Thessaloniki.