Retired educator dies in Greece two weeks after returning from religious pilgrimage
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Greece reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on Thursday, after an elderly man traveled on a Christian pilgrimage with dozens of others in his group.
According to foreign media, a 66-year-old retired educator passed away at the University Hospital of Patras in Rion, where he was being treated in a negative pressure room.
The man had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February, while other fellow travelers had also tested positive for the coronavirus.
Greek health ministry officials said the deceased had underlying health issues, while there were 99 confirmed cases of CODIV-19 in Greece by late Wednesday.
