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Border region of Evros, Volos report first coronavirus cases

Border region of Evros, Volos report first coronavirus cases

The General University Hospital of Evros in northeastern Greece confirmed the region’s first case of Covid-19 on Wednesday, causing particular concern as the area shares borders with both Turkey and Bulgaria, is host to hundreds of refugees and is also dealing with a major migrant push from the east.

According to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the patient is a man in his 40s from Alexandroupoli and is not in any danger. Health authorities are trying to trace all the people he came into contact with in a bid to contain the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus.

The city of Volos in the eastern mainland also reported its first Covid-19 case on Tuesday, saying that the patient at the Achillopouleio Hospital is a 22-year-old man who had traveled to the UK recently and showed symptoms when he returned to Volos.

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