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In September, a negative record is set after another, taking over from -also negative- August, at a time when everything indicates that the next few weeks will be very difficult. It is not just new infections and cases that are scary, but also the spread of the virus, but also patients who are seriously ill and need intubation.
During the month we went through, our country broke the “barrier” of 300 and 400 daily cases. And yesterday’s number of 453 cases may be justified at 184 in refugees on Lesbos, but the last few days’ cases have stabilized at numbers above 300. An exception was last weekend, however, it has been known that the cases on those days are not indicative of the evolution of the deadly virus in our country, since fewer tests are carried out on weekends.
According to data published daily by EODY, 5,840 new coronavirus infections were registered in August, while from September 1 to yesterday in 22 days, the new cases were 5,278, while there are still almost ten days to complete the month.
One number that scares scientists is that of patients who were treated by intubation in referral hospitals. Specifically, at the end of August they amounted to 36, while today they have “risen” to 79.
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Factors that bring closure
With the numbers in Attica causing terror and the new measures in place since yesterday, the dispersion is causing a headache. Specifically, according to the information, half of the total cases are located in the center with a large participation of people with an immigrant and refugee profile.
At the same time, everyone from government to scientists is calling on people over 65, as well as vulnerable groups, to limit their travel to what is absolutely necessary.
However, the big bet for our country continues to be pressure on the health system. The pressure on the health system was also confirmed by the government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, who stated that “for the first time there is pressure on the health system while despite the measures the presence of the virus remains strong.”
In any case, the imposition of a confinement will be judged in the next few days. According to the professor of infectious diseases and pathology at the University of Patras, Charalambos Gogos, the next 7 to 10 days are crucial, as the spread of the virus in those days will largely judge the new and more stringent measures. 
Hospitals and ICUs at your borders
So far, the number of patients admitted to hospitals across the country is 427 plus 79 who are in intensive care units or intensive care units. Although the 427 patients are not frequently reported, they are patients who are in individual covid-19 beds for several days after being infected with the coronavirus. These are people of different ages but who mainly belong to the 45 to 65 age group.
It should be noted that today 40% of covid-19 individual beds are occupied, while intensive care units for coronavirus are more than 70% full.
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“We are scared. Our units are full, an ICU bed and a MAF bed are free and we have about 90 patients in common beds. The increase is much greater than two weeks ago or in August,” said Mina Gaga, specialist in diseases infectious, coordinating director of the 7th Pulmonary Clinic of the “Sotiria” hospital.
He attributed this increase to a growing number of people infected with the virus. “The greater the number of cases, the greater the number of cases that will require hospitalization or intubation.” “The healthcare system is under pressure,” Ms. Gaga said.
Regarding the age range of the patients, he said that there are some patients in the ages 20 to 40, but also older people up to 91 years. There are also immigrants, who are not the majority of the sick. He indicated that a unit has eight Greeks and two foreigners. In fact, many of the patients who were hospitalized were among those who did not believe in the existence of the virus.
Petsas: We have not ruled out the local blockade, but we have not yet arrived
Referring to the local closures that for many scientists now appear to be a one-way street, Petsas responded that “experts are thinking of many alternative measures that they suggest.” From the beginning we have not ruled out a local blockade to reduce the health curve “.
“Local closures have been taken in the past, we have experience. If it is necessary to do it, it will be done, but we have not yet achieved it. We are not there, I wish we had not got there, it is up to us. what we have to do is observe the measurements ”, added Mr. Petsas, speaking with Thema Fm.
“Model Madrid” in Attica
However, according to an article in the newspaper “Ta Nea”, experts are already working on the implementation of the “Madrid model” in our country. Since epidemiologists know in which areas of Attica most cases are found, they have already begun to think about the possibility of applying the “Madrid model” in Attica. What does this contribute? How to carry out local closures in areas with epidemiological burden, restricting the movement of residents in these areas, to stop the transmission of the virus.
In Madrid in particular, almost 1 million inhabitants (out of a total of 6.6 million) were quarantined, since they are not allowed to cross the border of their district except for work, educational, medical and legal reasons.
Furthermore, according to “Ta Nea”, in the “red zones” the restaurants and bars are open until 10 at night – except for the health shops that deliver – the fullness of the churches has been reduced to 1 / 3, while At funerals, a ceiling of 15 people is established when held outdoors and 10 when held indoors.
Among the measures that have been imposed and that permeate all areas of activity of the population (schools, sports, etc.) is that of “locking up” the parks, to avoid co-painting in the open air. 
The “red” areas
In any case, experts warn that it is necessary to take specific measures for vulnerable groups, eg. Eg the elderly and immigrants, but also to impose additional restrictions at the local level, since the epidemiological burden is not evenly distributed throughout the basin, but is higher in certain neighborhoods in central Athens.
The truth is that the situation in Attica is very difficult. The authorities put the numbers under the microscope every day, region by region, and the epidemiological burden in Kypseli, Patisia and Sepolia is definitely a problem at the moment.
The “red” areas include: Kypseli, Patisia, Sepolia, Petralona, Peristeri, Plaza Attiki, Faliro and Kallithea.
Therefore, it is very likely that a part of the population of Attica will revert to the era of SMS and the traffic ban late at night and in the early hours of the morning, in a last effort to limit the chain. transmission, before a normal lockout.
What% of Greeks are immune
At the same time, scientists are sounding the alarm about the deadly virus in a new study, noting that only 1% of Greeks have managed to develop antibodies.
The first results of the seroepidemiological study of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) for the new coronavirus were published in the international scientific journal “Life”.
In this study, the first 2,500 plasma samples from volunteer donors active in EKPA and collected in June-July 2020, were analyzed with a special and sensitive test for the presence of antibodies against the new coronavirus.
The results showed a low prevalence of antibodies of 1.0%, since with the antibody test used only 25 samples were found positive. The professors of the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Ourania Tsitsiloni, Dimitris Paraskevi and Thanos Dimopoulos (rector of EKPA) present the main results of the publication.
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