CORONAVIRUS

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What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

The United States expects to have immunized 100 million people with the coronavirus vaccine by the end of March, the chief adviser for the U.S.

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Biden advisers urge immediate COVID-19 action as U.S. infections close in on 11 mln

They warned that Republican President Donald Trump's transition delay could further jeopardize the battle against the rampaging virus, including vaccine distribution planning, and urged Congress to immediately pass bipartisan financial relief even before Biden, a Democrat, takes office on Jan. 20.

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Britain removes Denmark from travel corridor

Coronavirus cases in the United States surged by at least 120,276 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, the second consecutive daily record rise as the outbreak spreads in every region.

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Editorial: Trying times

It is in no one’s interest for the economy to shrink again due to recessionary policies and policies that will not facilitate an extremely swift remedy of the major additional wounds that it will suffer from the virus.

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Ekaterini Sakellaropoulos was sworn in today as president of the Hellenic Republic.

She is known as a moderate, progressive and rights-oriented jurist. As president she has a largely ceremonial role and is required to sign executive order drafted by the government, but the weight of the office consists in the president’s role as a focal point of national unity.

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Editorial To Vima: A matter of collective and individual responsibility

The enemy dubbed coronavirus is extremely powerful as is evidenced by its rapid spread and its impact, particularly on the elderly.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Messages

Ta Nea’s editorials have often stressed of late the dangers that will emerge if citizens do not rise to the occasion and exhibit a sense of personal responsibility in dealing with COVID-19.

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Editorial To Vima: Global problems, global solutions

Even in such an environment, there is no choice but to seek international coordination and cooperation. The sooner that is understood the smaller the repercussions of the coronavirus on the economy will be.

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Olympiacos FC leader Evangelos Marinakis announces he contracted COVID-19 virus

Marinakis became the first high-profile person in Greece to publicise his illness and his statement exudes an optimism and solidarity with fellow coronavirus patients.

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Editorial To Vima: An age of uncertainty

COVID-19 is threatening to derail international economic growth which was already pressurised by trade tensions, geostrategic uncertainty, and Brexit.

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No country can feel immune to potential coronavirus pandemic WHO warns

'This virus has pandemic potential,' WHO DirectoTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. 'This is not a time for fear. This is a time for taking action to prevent infection and save lives now.”

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Editorial Ta Nea: Trial

In a world in which countries are ever more closely linked and with neighbouring Italy developing into the China of Europe it was simply a matter of time for the coronavirus to reach Greece.

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Editorial To Vima: Crucial crash tests

The coronavirus threat (the first case in Greece was identified today in Thessaloniki) poses a huge challenge to the National Health System and to what is ostensibly the government’s strong suit – the recovery of the Greek economy.

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Greek government Legislative Act to give authorities expansive powers to handle COVID-19 outbreak

The Greek print and electronic media have focused on the need for the public to remain calm and composed in the not unlikely event that cases arise in the country.