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Appeal to its inhabitants Ioannina, της Thessaloniki and her Kastoria, remain in full surveillance and take special care, since in these areas there is a particularly greater epidemiological burden in the last twenty-four hours, said the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management. Nikos Hardals, during the during the briefing on the course of the Covid-19 disease pandemic in the country.
As he said, the burden of these areas will be evaluated by the special committee of epidemiologists of the Charter of Health, Safety and Protection for Covid-19, tomorrow, Wednesday at 5 in the afternoon. Currently, Thessaloniki has 652 most active cases and is at level 2 (surveillance), Ioannina with 263 active cases and Kastoria with 124 cases so far are at level 3 (increased surveillance).
In all three areas there are high epidemiological multipliers, a high number of dispersed spatial epidemiological clusters and the increase in cases appears aggressive and therefore extremely dangerous.
At the same time, Mr. Hardals announced that tomorrow he will go to Kastoria for a meeting that he will hold with the Governor of Western Macedonia, the Deputy Governor of Kastoria and the three mayors of the region, while on Thursday he will go to Thessaloniki where at 7 pm The corresponding meeting will be held with the elected representatives and the bodies involved in the co-capital.
What’s going on in attica
As for AtticaAccording to the Undersecretary, the situation remains critically stable, while in the Central Sector, where the majority of cases occur, the situation remains fragile, which is why it remains dangerous and requires special attention and vigilance on the part of all.
He also announced that throughout the country and with emphasis on the areas with the highest epidemiological burden, the Greek Police, the National Transparency Authority, the Inter-service Market Control Unit of the Ministry of Development and Investments, of the Regional, have launched extensive inspections and specific. , and the Municipal Police, on the issue of compliance with the measures.
25,370 cases
Regarding the data of the Covid-19 pandemic in Greece, until October 18 a total of 25,370 cases have been registered in our country, of which 5,112 are active while 17,065 of our fellow citizens have recovered at home and 2,684 have been discharged from the hospital.
Regarding the inspections of compliance with the measures from July 1 to October 18, 449,704 inspections have been carried out by the competent auditing bodies, in which 15,026 infractions have been identified and 17,043 fines have been imposed for a total of 7,482 .130 euros, as well as administrative sanctions of suspension 5.7 total days.
From August 31 to October 18, 158 inspections were carried out in Elderly Units, during which 31 infractions were found and fines were imposed for a total of 142,000 euros, while since the opening of the schools on September 14, they have conducted 113 school inspections, during which no infractions were found. Since the beginning of the school year, on September 14, a total of 32 schools and 246 departments nationwide have been suspended (0.22% and 0.30% respectively of the total).
People in stadiums
In addition, Mr. Hardalias referred to the issue of revoking the decision due to the presence of fans in football matches, highlighting that “the data from the last hours, the flow of results from last night and this morning, the aggressive outbreak of the pandemic in everything in the last twenty-four hours, led the Prime Minister to revoke the decision due to the presence of a limited number of fans at football matches “, while adding that” at a time of constant increase in the number of cases in the country, which remains critical, was obviously not appropriate. It is time for the fans to return to the stadiums, however reliable and effective the relevant health protocols may seem. “This would definitely send the wrong message to society, as it is a moment of absolute vigilance, of absolute alarm “.
Finally, it appealed once more to its inhabitants Kastoria, Ioannina, Thessaloniki, Boeotia, Serres, that in the last two twenty-four hours there is intense epidemiological pressure, like the whole country, to be very careful and literally observe self-protection measures.
“It is the only way to limit the spread of the pandemic, to prevent it from getting worse. As we have mentioned in the past, how things will develop is solely in our hands, it is up to all of us and each one individually, it is up to us to protect the health of ourselves and those around us, but also of being able to maintain health, a new normal that we found after the first phase of the pandemic, ”said Mr. Hardalias.
Emergency shutdown
He added that a confinement affects all aspects of our lives, alters our family planning, our business plans, negatively affects our social life and our psychology.
“Behind every confinement there are people, our fellow citizens and entire families and no unconscious is allowed, ignoring the measures, playing with their lives, endangering the efforts of the vast majority of Greeks. Let’s do what we have to do to stop the pandemic. “Let’s implement the measures,” he concluded.
Asked about the situation in Serres and Kastoria and if they will be judged based on the 150 index and tomorrow’s measurement, Hardalias said that the 150 index is a multifactorial index, which essentially refers to the situation of the last 14 days.
“The Kastoria data is different, the Serres data is different. In Serres during the last two 24 hours, there is an epidemiological pressure / burden, while in Kastoria there is an aggressive outbreak in the last 24 hours that we observe. In any case, tomorrow the committee of epidemiologists and the special committee will meet so that we can make the pertinent decisions in relation to all the Regions, which are the center of interest and day-to-day analysis ”.
Asked about the busiest area in Attica at the moment, Mr. Hardalias said that the very important thing is that the Central Sector is occupied, and beyond that the Western Sector is in a stable condition, the Western Sector That is, Athens, which showed an outbreak of cases.
However, he made it clear that at the moment Attica is in a stable situation, not producing a large number of cases, it does not appear to have a multiplier. “In any case, due to the volume, the number of active cases and the characteristics of the population that accompany metropolitan Athens, we are concerned because at any time within twenty-four hours, all this can be reversed for the worse,” he stressed.
Variations by regions
Regarding how large fluctuations occur in some parts of the country, Mr. Hardalias said that what epidemiologists have pointed out from the outset is that this virus has no constants.
“It is very easy, from different small points that are spatially scattered, to create over-transmission centers, and we tried this from the first moment by means of tracking: to seal these small circles that exist. Where there is compliance with the measures we have a result, where there is non-compliance with the measures we have problems. “And everything that is presented in relation to the increase in the pandemic is not accidental,” he said.
He also noted: “I don’t want to target age groups. However, the data is relentless, the statistics are relentless. Yesterday the average number of active cases in Thessaloniki was 30 years old and the average age of cases in Attica was 33 years. This means that there are certain categories of our neighbor that need to be much more careful and in fact young that beyond the measures beyond anything else should avoid coloring, “he said, adding that” we all have a responsibility. Each of us has the responsibility to comply with the measures, and this is something that is not negotiable. In any case, the vast majority of the Greek people who so far have shown incredible patience, perseverance and this should not be mined by nobody ”.
