The Ministry of Asylum & Μigration on Tuesday evening confirmed two cases of migrants with Covid-19 disease but no symptoms in a temporary refugee accommodation facility at Megala Therma, Lesvos island.

A giant operation has been underway starting early on Wednesday, by order of Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias and in cooperation with Thessaly regional authorities, after several Covid-19 cases were detected in a Roma settlement at Nea Smyrni, Larissa.

Epidemiology professor Sotiris Tsiodras announced another 18 new coronavirus cases were officially recorded in Greece in the last 24 hours, and one person died, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday, bringing the total of infections since the start of the outbreak in the country to 2,744.