A elderly man pulls his trolley through the Varvakios meat market in Athens on April 14, 2020. |
Here was a country with one of Europe’s oldest populations, a frail health care system and little financial firepower to fight the disease caused by the virus. The recipient of three sovereign bailouts since the 2008 financial crisis, Greece had spent almost all of the past decade mired in deep recession and crushing unemployment.
Yet today, two months after the pandemic hit the continent, Greece, so far, has been spared the disasters that have hit Italy, Spain, Britain and other European countries. As of Tuesday, it had recorded 2,170 COVID-19 cases and 101 deaths. Two countries of comparable size, Belgium and Netherlands, had recorded 4,167 and 2,945 deaths, respectively. Italy continues to have the highest death toll in Europe, with 21,067 fatalities by Tuesday night, followed by Spain (18,056), France (15,729) and Britain (12,107).
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lets hope greece stays that way, when flights start this month, its a dreadful disease, so much suffering going on around the world,unlike the uk we knew it was coming but still let flights in from china, italy and so on, keep safe greece x x
ReplyDeletethank you my friend, take care of your health
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