Woman at Greek camp virus positive after giving birth

ATHENS: Greece´s migration ministry on Tuesday said an asylum-seeker from a camp near Athens had tested positive for the coronavirus after giving birth at an Athens hospital. The unidentified woman lives at Ritsona, a camp some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Athens. This is the first case among asylum-seekers living in a Greek camp. The state has run several vaccination campaigns in past years, but no screening has been done for the present virus. It was not immediately clear if the woman had been infected inside the maternity hospital. State TV ERT said the woman is of African origin. The ministry said another person living with the new mother had tested negative for virus. “The public health organisation is already tracking contacts of this case in recent days, and taking necessary steps to protect residents and staff,” the migration ministry said.