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Greece Sees Rise in Cases of New Covid Variant 'FLiRT'

A new Covid variant, dubbed 'FLiRT', has emerged in Greece, leading to a recent uptick in cases and hospitalizations over…

7 July 2024

New Covid variant named Eris by the WHO after the Greek goddess of discord and strife

New Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Modernaand Novavax will likely provide protection against the new “Eris” variant, now the dominant strain…

19 August 2023

Greek Health Authorities Express Concern over Surge of New Coronavirus Variant 'Eris'

Greek health authorities have raised concerns about the rapid increase of a new coronavirus variant, codenamed 'Eris' (EG.5.1), which has…

13 August 2023

BREAKING: A new “stealth” sub-variant of Omicron causing concern around the world has been detected in Australia, officials have confirmed.

BA.2 Variant or ‘Stealth Omicron’as it has now been known is difficult to detect in Europe and is known as…

28 January 2022

Double dose not as effective against Omicron variant

The president of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, said Monday that the effectiveness of the two-dose vaccines against Omicron…

4 January 2022

Why WHO skipped two Greek letters to name new Covid-19 variant Omicron

While choosing a name for the variants of SARS-CoV2, the World Health Organisation has so far leapt two letters of…

30 November 2021

Critical testing after Sydney Airport arrivals from southern Africa test positive to COVID-19

Urgent genomic testing has begun to determine whether two international flight passengers who tested positive to COVID-19 after arriving in…

28 November 2021

Greece puts five people who travelled from South Africa in Isolation

Five Greek Citizens, who arrived from south African countries via a stopover in the United Arab Emirates, have been placed…

28 November 2021

8 million jabs administered as Greece braces for Covid-19's Delta variant

More than eight million vaccine doses have been administered in Greece, a country with slightly less than 11 million residents.…

27 June 2021

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