Greece is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has warned as daily infections hit their highest since the pandemic began, with hospitals starting to buckle under the pressure of rising infections.
The country notched up a record 8,613 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, the National Organisation of Public Health said, after cases more than doubled in less than a fortnight.
Forty-six people died of the disease yesterday, after 65 a day earlier. "We are facing a fourth wave," which "mainly concerns the unvaccinated," Mr Mitsotakis said after talks with his visiting Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.