COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Aside from vaccination, which remains the most valuable tool for checking the pandemic, personal responsibility is still of fundamental importance.

It is difficult to rule out yet another winter with harsh public health restrictions, as the Delta variant of the virus is raging and the rate of vaccination has not reached the desired level.

It is inconceivable to view inflation merely as a natural phenomenon. It is something that must be fended off. Our country has the capability and the weapons to get through this continual 'war'

'What happened last year, when Ankara raised tensions, unnecessarily and without provocation, threatening confrontation between two NATO Allies, must not be repeated,' the PM said.

Once again, however, the best athletes in the world, including 83 young men and women from Greece, will have the opportunity to demonstrate their talent.

Mass vaccination is the only way to get beyond the pandemic and a gradual return to normalcy will require vaccination of 60-70 percent of the population, with all approved, available vaccines.

A small act of carelessness could further burden the National Health System. Major misdeeds such as large parties and wedding banquets are almost criminal.

When on 8 January The Wall Street Journal first referred to the deadly coronavirus the World Health Organisation offered assurances that the disease was not transmissible between humans.

To weather the pandemic we must all behave in a more responsible and disciplined manner. Public health measures and collective sacrifices are more important now and they require maturity and patience.

HIncoming President Joe Biden must break the shackles of isolationism and fashion a global plan, in cooperation with the entire Western world, that can stem the recession and make America the motive force of a social contract.

The only thing in Greece that seems not to have changed particularly over the last months in which the COVID-19 pandemic has been raging is the domestic political scene

Politicians can visit the historic Athens Polytechnic campus to leave a flower, as the PM suggested, or to lay a wreath as the main opposition leader proposed.

The government must not allow the pandemic and the Turkish crisis to disorient them and they must speed up reform efforts so as to implement necessary changes.