Deputy Mayor of Lagada died of COVID-19

The Deputy Mayor of Lagada was hospitalised with COVID-19 and placed in the Intensive Care Unit of Papanikolaou Hospital.

However, the Deputy Mayor, George Prokopidis, proved unable to overcome COVID-19 and died in Papanikolaou Hospital.

Mayor Ioannis Tachmatzidis and the municipal councilors of his party expressed their condolences in a Facebook post.

"His contribution to the Municipality of Lagada will remain indelible in the memory of all of us," wrote Tachmatzidis via the Municipality's on Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/lagadas.gr/posts/462632068444741

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