Covid-19 infections doubled over the last week in Greece said Health Ministry coronavirus committee official Vana Papaevangelou after noticeable 50% spike in cases.
Beds at intensive care units in Thessaloniki hospitals are 97%occupied, while a sharp rise in new infections is also seen among those aged over 60, she said.
Doctors and medical staff in the Greek national health system's Covid-19 wards are currently facing up to five times more work, where patients' oxygen sometimes runs out by day's end, instead of a week under less strenuous circumstances, Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga noted at the briefing.
[AMNA]