Respiratory diseases

A number of 3,660 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in the last 24 hours, following 8,791 tests processed at national level, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Monday. These are cases that have not had previously a positive test, the GCS says. In Romania, 517,236 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been confirmed so far.

Greek health authorities announced 1,667 new SARS-CoV-2  cases on Friday, pushing the total number to 113,185.

Of the new cases, only nine were detected in Attica.

The daily death toll was also high on Friday, with the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) reporting 98 new deaths from Covid-19, raising the total number of fatalities to 2,804.

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The Military Hospital in Craiova will become a regional anti-COVID-19 vaccination centre, Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca said in a message posted on Facebook. He added that he visited, on Thursday, a section of a health unit where there will be established a section for patients infected with the novel coronavirus.

The municipality of Athens has launched a drive to test the city's homeless population for SARS-CoV-2 and prevent an outbreak.

The streetwork teams of the municipality's Center for Reception and Solidarity (KYADA) carry out daily rapid antigen tests and take the temperature of dozens of people.

The new cases of SARS-CoV-2 remained above the 2,000 mark on Tuesday, while intubations rose again, according to a daily bulletin from the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).

Health authorities announced 2,186 new infections, which raised the overall number to 109,655.

Of these new cases, 28 were reported at the country's entry points.

The number of new SARS-CoV-2 cases rose again on Tuesday with 2,199 infections reported from 1,044 on Monday.

Of these new cases, 25 were reported at the country's entry points.

Greece's total number of confirmed coronavirus cases is now 107,470, the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) said in its daily bulletin.

The deadly second wave of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Northern Greece, which is characterised by a super spread of the virus, took public health authorities by surprise, devastated local hospitals, and to a large extent changed the epidemiological picture of the country as a whole, stirring heightened concern in the population.

A total of 3,826 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been reported in the last 24 hours, following 9,785 tests nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Monday. These are cases that have not previously had a positive test, says GCS. 475,362 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus have been confirmed in Romania.

As many as 8,499 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Romania were recorded in the last 24 hours, following 35,610 tests nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Friday. These are cases of patients that had not previously tested positive.