The National Public Health Organization unit left Mount Athos after COVID-19 tests were carried out in the area.
The members of the unit visited the Skete of Saint Dimitrios, also known as Lakoskiti, in the morning to carry out fifty COVID-19 tests, which all were negative, as there was suspicion of COVID-19 infection. Information indicates that dozens of tests that were carried out yesterday at the Athonias Academy and the wider area of Karyes are also negative.
Of the approximately ten confirmed cases that were identified in the last three days in two monasteries and a skete, four monks tested positive for COVID-19 and it was deemed appropriate to be transported and hospitalized in Thessaloniki.
Source: ANA-MPA