Update – 29/09/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities on Monday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 17,707. 4 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 383. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 68. 269 new cases where announced yesterday in Greece, maintaining the daily number above 200. 197 of the new cases were found in the Attica region.

Greek authorities on Monday announced five new measures aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus in Athens by putting the onus on testing and prevention, especially with regards to vulnerable members of the population. The first part of the new campaign is to transform eight community centers, or “friendship clubs,” in the Greek capital into small Covid-19 diagnostic centers that will carry out targeted testing, mainly on vulnerable and at-risk groups. Athens’ homeless shelter and its shelter for drug users will also be supplied with more rapid testing kits, while two new shelters will be created to provide more beds for the city’s homeless and to ensure that physical distancing recommendations are implemented. EODY, meanwhile, will increase the number of rapid tests being carried out in the worst affected parts of the capital, while the City of Athens’ outreach teams working with homeless people will be bolstered with nurses who will be able to provide basic care and testing. Lastly, the national and municipal police forces are being connected via a joint operations center that will coordinate all activities in the Greek capital related to coronavirus prevention and protection measures.

A Malta-flagged cruise ship which set sail from the Cretan port of Iraklio late on Sunday and reached the Aegean island of Milos on Monday is expected to return to Crete after 12 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. Twelve members of the Mein Schiff 6 cruiseliner, which is carrying nearly 1,000 passengers, were found to have contracted the virus after 150 sample tests were conducted, according to the Greek Shipping Ministry. 

Food donations skyrocketed during the lockdown earlier this year, according to figures released by Greece’s Food Bank ahead of International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Tuesday. “The numbers speak for themselves,” Dimitris Nentas, head of the Athens Food Bank told Kathimerini. “As soon as the lockdown began in March, the number of donations from food companies immediately increased,” he said, adding that the Food Bank received 1,088 tons of goods between late March and August compared to 952 tons for the whole of 2019. 

Regarding yesterday’s 269 cases:

11 were detected during the tests carried out at Greece’s entry points

1 imported case that took the test voluntarily

197 cases were detected in the regional unit of Attica

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Thessaloniki

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Aitoloakarnania

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Argolida

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Voiotia

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Achaia

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Drama

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Evoia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Thira

12 cases were detected in the regional unit of Ioannina

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Karditsa

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kastoria

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kozani

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Larissa

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Lesvos

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Paros

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Preveza

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Florina

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Trikala

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Fthiotida

15 cases remain under investigation

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