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TNH Staff      ATHENS - Greece’s move to reopen schools on Jan. 11 that were shut as part of a second lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 may not be safe, a leading member of the New Democracy government’s advisory panel of doctors and scientists said. Some of the schools are in areas that are among the hardest-hit by the pandemic and have seen even stricter health measures in which most everything else is closed, the students possibly exposed if they attend classes. Athanasios Exadaktylos, President of the Panhellenic Medical Association said there’s no consensus amon...

Αssociated Press A woman pulls her shopping trolley in Athens, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Despite six weeks of lockdown measures, coronavirus deaths and infections remain high, piling pressure on the country s health system. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) 12/18/2020 The National Herald      ATHENS – A tougher lockdown imposed on three areas of Greece after a softer lockdown didn't work to contain the spread of COVID-19 could be extended to other regions with signs the pandemic remains uncontrollable. The New Democracy government, which implemented a quasi-lockdown on Nov. 7 that let peop...