Sarbecovirus

By decision of the National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) approved on Thursday, people arriving to Romania from countries/areas/territories with high epidemiological risk must present the certificate of a negative RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2, performed no more than 72 hours before the date of entry into the country.

Globally, the burden of Covid-19 cases has decreased, but the uneven distribution of life-saving vaccines could prolong the economic recovery and leave developing countries even further behind, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, CNBC reported.

Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis and Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias are expected to visit Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Thursday for an emergency meeting on coronavirus amid alarm over a surge in infections in the region.

The head of Greece's National Organization for Public Health (EODY) warned that health authorities may report a four-digit number of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday.

His comment came during a visit to the district of Sepolia, central Athens, where mobile units of EODY are conducting random rapid tests as part of an effort to track the spread of the virus.

A number of 2,901 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were registered in the last 24 hours, following over 31,000 tests made at a national level, informed, on Thursday, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS). These are cases that did not have a positive test prior, the GCS specifies.

As many as 3,174 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded in the past 24 hours, following more than 33,000 tests at the national level, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reports on Wednesday. These are cases that have not previously had a positive test, the GCS states.

The first UK clinical trials of a nasal spray proven to kill 99.9% of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 will begin on January 11th at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in Surrey.

The SaNOtize Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) is designed to kill the virus in the upper airways, preventing it from incubating and spreading to the lungs.

Greece has detected 32 cases of the British variant of Covid-19, health authorities said on Sunday, with the country's Network of Genomic Monitoring planning more intensive checks in the coming weeks for the potentially more deadly virus.

A number of 1,816 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded in the past 24 hours, following the performance of 14,502 tests carried out at the national level, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Sunday. These are cases that have not previously had a positive test, says GCS.

Amid global concern over the emergence of mutated strains of the coronavirus, the Health Ministry in Athens has announced the creation of a nationwide network for the systematic monitoring of these variants.