ATHENS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Greece will extend the nationwide lockdown by another week to Jan. 18 to cope with the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nikos Hardalias, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management, announced on Friday. The second lockdown in Greece started on Nov. 7, 2020 and was initially scheduled to end on Nov. 30, 2020. However, as the rising numbers of new infections, deaths and intubated patients put huge strains on the national healthcare system, the lockdown has been extended four times. Only elementary schools and kindergartens will reopen across ...