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Coronavirus: If the two measures implemented since Saturday morning (24/10) do not work, that is, the mask everywhere and the prohibition of night traffic in the “red” and “orange” areas, then the government together with the infectious diseases committee reexamining new and more stringent measures to reduce the pandemic in Greece.
Two very critical weeks Departure for our country from Monday, October 26.
And while the coronavirus continues to ravage, with successive records of negative cases, the authorities await the results ofof two new key measures that took effect in the early hours of Saturday.
The curfew from 00:30 to 05:00 and the universal use of a mask in the orange and red areas of the health map, According to experts, they are capable of stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
“The measures must be implemented to be effective,” said the president of the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Doctors Association Matina Pagoni, Talking to Newsbomb.gr.
“Wearing a mask indoors and outdoors will help reduce the spread of the pandemic. If the population makes a total effort, things will improve. And in this case, the next 10 days are crucial, ”he characteristically emphasized.
Before the confinement has new measures
In addition to the two measures that are being implemented, there are other more stringent packages of measures on the government table, which have already begun to be implemented in European cities with high viral loads.
The three new measures against the coronavirus that the government is working on are the following:
- The prohibition of traffic outside the prefecture. It is not yet clear how it will be implemented, although it is already applicable to prefectures at alarm level 4. You are not allowed to move from one prefecture to another in these areas. Specifically, it is not allowed to leave Kozani and Kastoria prefectures, which are in red.
- Padlock in focus. On the table is the Paris type measure. Restaurants must be closed after 9 pm.
- Travel restriction for citizens over 65. A measure that had been heard, had been refuted, but come back to the forefront.
However, as “to Vima” reports, in his … toolbox the government always has the horizontal blockade.
According to information quoted by the newspaper, in the next period and as long as the figures continue to show that the epidemic wave is far from its eruption point, the imposition of additional restrictions is inevitable.
In fact, according to senior Civil Protection officials, If cases reach 2,000 a day, intensive care units are full and the health system reaches its limits, the government will proceed with a general shutdown.
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