Greek shipping minister Yiannis Plakiotakis returned home on Tuesday and reported for duty nearly a month after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
The 52-year-old conservative politician had been in hospital in Athens since 24 November. Plakiotakis was just one of several high-profile Greeks to have contracted the virus as the second wave of the pandemic swept over the country.
“I felt the anxiety of the disease, experienced its loneliness and witnessed the superhuman efforts undertaken by doctors and nurses,” Plakiotakis said in video message released by the government.
