Νews in brief
Greece has a right to extend a fence at the border with Turkey in the northeastern region of Evros to avoid a repeat of the tensions last March when thousands of migrants attempted to scale the fence and enter into EU soil.
“There is no border dispute” with Turkey, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a pre-recorded interview with Greek broadcaster Star on Monday evening, adding that Ankara has been nervous since Greece decided to build the fence. “It is our inalienable right to do it and we’ll do it.”
Greece announced 4 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday and 1 new death in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.
Teams of paramedics from the National Center of Emergency Care (EKAV) started descending on Tuesday on the country’s islands to help better prepare hospital and medical centers to deal with Covid-19 patients.
EKAV’s Be SAFE (Stay Alert, Fully Educated) program begins on Tuesday on the island of Syros, the capital of the Cyclades.
In the meantime, the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) and the non-government organization Symplefsi also started sending teams to the country’s remoter islands on Monday to conduct coronavirus tests on local populations, beginning with Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros and Sikinos.
The World Health Organization suspends testing of hydroxychloroquine as a possible Covid-19 treatment.
A study suggested the drug could cause heart problems in patients and increase the risk of death.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly promoted the drug and even said he was taking it.
And the weather forecast…
Rain and occasional thunderstorms are forecast for Attica today with the temperature at a maximum of 22 degrees Celsius.
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