Athens enlists private hospitals to ease COVID-19 pressure on health system
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Athens enlists private hospitals to ease COVID-19 pressure on health system
FILE PHOTO: Intensivist Iliana Ioannidou is reflected on a monitor at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sotiria hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
09 Mar 2021 03:53PM
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ATHENS: Two Athens private hospitals will join Greece's public health system to treat COVID-19 cases and relieve pressure on packed state intensive care units, the health minister said on Tuesday (Mar 9).
Greece has extended a lockdown and tightened curbs to stem the spread of the coronavirus after a surge in new infections.