Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday afternoon, as widely expected, announced a series of urgent measures to deflect rising energy costs in the country, primarily skyrocketing electricity bills, with the most prominent being a reimbursement of 60 percent of all additional charges imposed through December 2021 to May 2022, and to each owner or renter of a primary residence.
A reception in honor of Kyriakos and Mareva Mitsotakis, on the occasion of the 200 years of independence of Greece, will be hosted by Joe and Jill Biden, at the White House.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives on May 16 for an official visit to the United States in order - on the same day - to meet with the American president.
The reception of the US President in honor of the Greek Prime Minister and his wife, on the occasion of the 200 years of independence of the Greek state, reflects the excellent level of Greek-American relations and the interpersonal of the two leaders.
Present will be prominent representatives of the Greek Diaspora in the US, ministers, senators and members of Congress, businessmen, etc.
The invitation states the following:
"The president and Dr. Biden request the pleasure of your company at Bicentenial Celebration for the 200th anniversary of Independence in honor of His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic and Mrs. Mitsotaki to be held at the White House on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 5 pm ".
The invitation comes from the White House Protocol Office.
The submission of the new five-year Greek-American defense agreement has now been officially submitted to the Parliament by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The coronavirus may indicate that it is slowly becoming endemic, but a germ seems to be the next threat to humanity.
This is the so-called Candida auris, a resistant, which has already made its appearance and has worried the global scientific community.
What is the bacterium Candida auris
Candida auris is a fungus that when it infects humans can cause serious medical complications, especially respiratory infections, ear infections and sepsis.
The fungus was first identified in Japan in 2009. These fungal infections are fatal in 70% of cases, due to the resistance of the fungus to existing treatments, particularly echinocandins, azoles and polyenes. They effectively infect patients in a hospital setting, especially in intensive care units.
Sypsas: "It is already creating a problem for us - We will come up against it"
The discussion was opened by the professor of Infectious Diseases Pathology at the Medical School of Athens University, and secretary of the Hellenic Society of Infections, Nikos Sypsas, who even spoke of a deadly germ, much more so than the coronavirus.
Mr. Sypsas, speaking at the 21st Panhellenic Congress of Infections, explained that it is "a highly resistant germ, which is already causing us problems and we will come up against it."
How this new germ is created
As the professor underlined, "we are going through an endemic phase of the pandemic. But there are other threats, such as very resistant germs, which are a big problem. In 2050 the first cause of death will be very resistant germs and the causes of very resistant germs are the over-consumption of antibiotics as well as bad hand hygiene practices ".
At the same time, Mr. Sypsas stressed that after the coronavirus, the health system should focus on the problem of persistent infections in hospitals. As he mentioned, in recent years the people responsible for dealing with problems from the highly resistant germs have stopped acting, as they also fell in the fight against the coronavirus.