Italian pilgrim to Mt. Athos a suspected coronavirus case
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
An Italian national that was on a pilgrimage to the monastic community of Mt. Athos developed symptoms of a suspected coronavirus infection and was transferred to to the nearest referral hospital, the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki, authorities announced on Monday.
The 50-year old was visiting Chilandari Monastery on Sunday, when the monks saw that he was coughing and had a fever and transferred him to the Karyes Health Centre, from where he was sent to AHEPA.
The man's contacts in Mt. Athos are being traced and in addition to the Chilandari Monastery where there are approximately 60 monks of mostly of Serbian descent, the Italian also visited the monastery of Zografou.
The Holy Community, the highest administrative body of the monastic community, recently discussed the possibility of prohibiting the entrance of pilgrims but decided against this for "spiritual reasons".
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