Waiting for today’s announcements by the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Mr. Niko Hardalias!!!
Seeing that every day, the number of cases exceeds 1000 per day and the Intensive Care Units are filled with intubated patients, the infectious disease specialists are asking for a tougher lockdown!
The high temperatures that we will have this weekend are of more concern to the infectious disease experts, in terms of non-compliance, our need to escape even to neighbouring areas, resulting in overcrowding on the beaches.
The meeting of plagueologists with the government has not yet been completed, so we are waiting for the official announcement of Mr.Nikos Chardalias.
However, early reports say….
It is being discussed as of tomorrow,
a municipality-to-municipality curfew for specific activities and a total curfew after 6 pm. If this happens, shops and salons will close at 5 o’clock!
Also with regard to retailing, it is proposed to operate only on a click away basis, temporarily suspending the in-store click inside option. Regarding schools, opinions seem to be divided, with infectious disease experts even discussing their closure since it is necessary to limit the mobility of citizens on the streets, but the Minister of Education stating that there is no such proposal yet on the table, although many parents are in favor of a new closure since they fear the spread of the virus.
According to statements made by Professor of Microbiology of the University of West Attica and member of the Committee of Infectious Diseases, Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, on ERT3, “it is necessary to reduce mobility and increase vaccinations”. The decision to be taken by the Committee of Infectious Diseases, he said, will be more political than technocratic. He also added that the mutation of the virus does not appear to be more pathogenic, but more contagious. That’s why we have to be doubly careful.
A three-week total lockdown is the view supported by the professor of environmental engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Demosthenes Sarigiannis, stressing that this preventive move would be the best way to stop the third wave of the coronavirus in our country. “The model predicts an increase that will be evident from the week after next. We will have a lull next week due to good weather. But we should not be fooled, because we expect the increase from 17 February. This can lead to 2,000 cases nationwide,” said Mr. Sarigiannis speaking on Open TV, concluding that if we do not take drastic measures now, we will be forced to take tougher measures on March 20.
Red again in Thessaloniki
After the latest numbers of outbreaks in Thessaloniki, the infectious disease experts and the government “put” the capital city in the “red” areas with surveillance level B and stricter measures!
