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Infectious Diseases Professor Sotiris Tsiodras urged citizens to obey a strict ban on travel from cities to provinces as such travel will expose unaffected populations to the virus.

It is pitiful that among these few who behave irresponsibly by not abiding by the coronavirus lockdown are representatives of local government as well as lower and high-level clerics.

These days due to their particular traditional characteristics – such as packed churches and large Easter gatherings of families and friends will be decisive in determining future coronavirus developments.

' Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from patients that recovered would help identify the best donors for convalescent plasma which can be used to support patients with severe Covid-19. '

Mitsotakis said that from the very start the government took measures to support incomes and allocated over 14 billion euros to support workers and businesses, and is also accessing another 10 billion euros in liquidity and European funding.

Donald Trump downplayed the pandemic and now is watching his fellow citizens who fell victim to coronavirus being buried in mass graves.

Over the last years the club of populist, anti-systemic leaders became notorious for disputing and ignoring scientific knowledge and facts.

The eurozone partners had a duty to avoid subjecting the economy to additional trials and they fulfilled it with a compromise.

After all, at Easter we celebrate the victory of life over death and today we are struggling against a virus which, alas, for some of our fellow human beings is deadly.

The seven to eight billion euros to which Greece will have access will derive from three funding tools: The SURE programme, the European Investment Bank, and the European Stability mechanism (ESM).

Member-states choose not to blow everything out of the water not because they believe in the importance of the European project per se but because they are afraid of greater losses.

' Governments around the world would need to mobilise at least $2.5 trillion to support developing nations. Rich countries have shown that at this time of crisis they can mobilize trillions of dollars to support their own economies'

The Netherlands, alone in its tough stance, wants stricter conditions, including country-specific economic criteria, that are politically unacceptable for Rome, because they would make it look as being under EU economic supervision, even though the pandemic is not Italy’s fault.

Europe is an economic superpower and it cannot afford to disregard it citizens who are facing major trials. It matters little whether they speak Greek, Italian, or German.

The ideal of solidarity upon which the European projected was founded is being put to the test in a most palpable manner.

All measures will be in effect through April 27 and will be enforced on a 24-hour basis.

Christos Staikouras expects huge differences between larger member-states to be bridged at a second Eurogroup meeting tomorrow.

We must show strength and virtues such as patience to proceed with the greatest degree of safety as we approach a gradual lifting of the restrictive measures.

Much like her predecessor Mario Draghi, ECB chief Christine Lagarde has declared she will do anything necessary to shore up the eurozone and temper the economic shock of the pandemic.

The Health Ministry’spokesman, Professor Sotiris Tsiodras today announced 77 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours, and two deaths.