Confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Greece rise to 66: PM Mitsotakis chaired meeting

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis chairs meeting on coronavirus. Education Minister Niki Kerameos, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, and infectious diseases expert Prof. Sotiris Tsiodras participated, amid other officials, in the meeting. Photo: PM’ s Press Office/Dimitris Papamitsos.




The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Greece has risen to 66. They are all Greeks. 51 of them are from the group of tourists that had visited the Holy Lands in Israel and people that came into contact with them in Greece.

Apart from the 66-year-old man who was first among the group to be diagnosed with COVID-19, who is now intubated and in a serious condition at Rio hospital in Patras, the condition of the other patients was described as good, with light or mild symptoms.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a meeting on Sunday at the Maximos Mansion on coronavirus and additional measures that need to be taken for the protection of public health.
Education Minister Niki Kerameos, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis, Deputy Director to the prime minister responsible for the coordination of the government’s work Akis Skertsos, government spokesman Stelios Petsas, secretary general of prime minister Grigoris Dimitriadis, secretary general for Civil Protection, Nikos Chardalias, and infectious diseases expert Prof. Sotiris Tsiodras participated in the meeting.
The relevant announcements will be made by the Health Ministry.

Source: ANA – MPA

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