Sypsas: The situation in Athens is very difficult – If there is a confinement, it will be done periodically – Society

The situation with the spread of the coronavirus in Attica was characterized as very difficult, especially in the center of Athens by the professor of Infectious Diseases and member of the EODY Committee for the coronavirus, Nikos Sypsas.

Mr. Sypsas in his statements on the morning of Tuesday 29/9 on SKAI television stated in a characteristic way: “We are in a very difficult epidemiological situation. Especially in Attica, the quality data, the number of intubations and the age distribution are also bad. “We have a high death rate now.”

“Today we are in a stable situation, but today does not predict what will happen tomorrow, we are in a very difficult situation.”

“We are below the 100th place in the world in terms of mortality per 100,000 inhabitants,” he said.

Regarding the tests, he explained that “15,000 tests is a satisfactory number of the 800 tests that we have in March, but the central sector of Athens has a great dispersion and produces the largest number of cases in Greece. There are already interventions in the center and in the MMM that I think will help ”.

As the professor clarified, “we do not have an exponential phase in the cases of Athens, it is a stable situation, we estimate by the measurements. “Many small measures are useful, such as banning the sale of alcohol to avoid large measures.

“The suggestions we make are overwhelmingly accepted,” clarified Mr. Sypsas.

“With the current epidemiological data, we have not made any suggestion for a blanket blockade or a ban on trafficking in 65-year-olds,” he emphasized.

“If there is a confinement, it will be done periodically until the curve goes down … I don’t want to talk about a confinement so as not to cause panic in society,” he added.