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Another crucial point in your field epidemic Greece is called to pass before entering the … minefield of simultaneous traffic coronavirus Y seasonal flu. Your course will be successful if the exponential increase in cases and the implementation of the last measure, the emergency shutdown, in the country.
The consecutive negative records in the daily case registry last Tuesday and the 3,500 cases that were confirmed nationwide in about 24 hours triggered a new grid of measurements. The first two protect young people, who at this stage are the ones “leading” the epidemic in the country. This is mandatory use of a mask in all areas and to prohibition of night circulation, from 00.30 to 05.00, applicable since saturday morning, in 16 regional units, including Attica and Thessaloniki.
Other measures will follow, always directed, depending on the “root of the problem” that the authorities identify and want to attack. For example, at this stage the “root” is the young and productive age -In summer they were those who entered the country for tourism or work.
In the next phase, it may be necessary to target higher, if the wave led by the youngest is not stopped, so as not to create a wave of intubated patients in the Intensive Care Units (ICU).
The government is preparing to implement three more measures in the affected areas, and always depending on the course of the coronavirus epidemic:
a) the prohibition of traffic outside the peripheral units that are in orange alarm – it should be noted that for the two peripheral units of Kozani and Kastoria that are in red alarm, movement to and from them is prohibited -,
second) the additional reduction of hours in restaurants and bars, that is, the closure of health food stores before 12 at night, and
C) restrict the travel of vulnerable people and people over 65 years of age.
This tactic will be followed from now on, that is, special measures will be activated, in addition to the “trunk” measures that apply to each zone. For example, the travel ban is being considered in the regional units of Thessaloniki and Serres, since they seem to function as communicating vessels in the coronavirus.
«The next few months are expected to be difficult. And since a blanket block is not my choice, other measures are required. Smartest. More specific. And, finally, more efficiently. Our objective, therefore, remains not the absolute suspension of our activities, but the local reduction of the risks that threaten them.“Said the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis against his Thursday sermon, essentially developing the tactics that will be followed in the next period.
According to last (day before yesterday) evaluation of European countries by the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) As for the epidemic, Greece remains at moderate levels of epidemiological burden, while most European countries move at high levels.
Specifically, southern Greece, eastern Macedonia, and Thrace are low risk. Attica, along with the rest of central Greece, Macedonia and Epirus are characterized as having a moderate risk, while the areas of central Macedonia are at high risk.
According to the Professor of Epidemiology Gika Majorkini, the epidemic is now focused on Kastoria, he Kozani Y Thessaloniki, while an outbreak is recorded in Janina, Larissa Y Serres. And the Attica showed a 40% increase in cases compared to last week, said the expert in the latest update at the Ministry of Health. He pointed out that the spread of the epidemic outside Attica is more aggressive than in the Basin, which is why Attica’s share of the total number of cases is reduced (it occupies 1/3 of daily diagnoses).
Cases in Peloponnese and Macedonia
In the regional units of Kozani, Kastoria and Thessaloniki, the epidemic is rampant, clearly reflected in the exponential increase in the epidemiological curve. The 314 active cases of coronavirus that were registered seven days ago in Thessaloniki they have tripled, now they have exceeded 950.
In other words, more than 950 people are currently infected. COVID-19 in the co-capital and at least as many others have been exposed to the infected and are now isolated.
In Kastoria, which has been on lockdown since last Tuesday, active cases have nearly doubled in a week: the 58 people found with the active COVID-19 infection have risen rapidly despite the quarantine to 114. The confirmed contacts of the cases assets follow a similar course.
In Kozani There is again an increase, which, however, is slowed down by the application of quarantine, since the 233 active cases that were registered last Friday became 250.
In southern Greece, the epidemic is progressing at a slower pace. It is indicative that only one regional unit of the same Peloponnesus, he Ilia, it’s at the orange alarm level 3. To be precise, it took the baton from the Acaya, which dropped to level 2. However, according to the qualitative characteristics of the positive cases analyzed by the experts, in the Peloponnese the highest average age of the people diagnosed as positive is recorded: 42 years. And as the footprints show, The COVID-19 infection is spread through social events and gatherings, such as memorials.
In Macedonia The wave of the epidemic is led by 29-year-olds (average) and their participation in all kinds of secular and sports activities, despite calls from those responsible for reducing the synchronicity that gives rise to many new cases of coronavirus. In fact, in Thessaloniki 52% of cases are between 16 and 29 years old.
Under the weight of these data, both the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias and Professor Gikas Majorkinis appealed to people between 18 and 39 years of age to observe protection measures for themselves and for the elderly who are in risk of serious illness due to coronavirus.
Ages and professions
Of particular interest are, in addition to the age characteristics of those who are positive for the coronavirus, and the occupational ones. In Thessaloniki, age and professional characteristics seem to coincide closely. 26% of the cases in the peripheral unit of Thessaloniki refer to students and pupils (secondary school – lyceum) and only 10% to retirees, which are now clearly showing that they are trying to protect themselves as much as possible from the coronavirus flu.
There is a big difference in the impact of the coronavirus between public and private sector employees: in the last two weeks of those positive for the coronavirus, 58% are private employees and only 10% are civil servants.
Your application telecommuting in the public sector is an explanation for this, since a relatively low percentage of public officials and Attica (10%). Of course, the operation of entertainment venues and venues with sports activities that are classified in the private sector explains the burden of employees in this sector in both Thessaloniki and Attica.
In the Cuenca, 6 out of 10 active cases are private employees. In Attica the percentage of students suffering from coronavirus is lower compared to the corresponding in Thessaloniki: 12% versus 26% positive. In contrast, the outlook is shaping up for retirees in the country’s two main regional units: the percentage of retirees who were diagnosed positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks in Attica is 19%, double that in Thessaloniki .
Anxiety for the elderly
With outbreaks reflected in hospitalizations, intubations, and deaths, specialists are now targeting hospitals and monitoring the flow of new patient admissions and their quality characteristics. The ICU coverage rate is one of the most important parameters that experts take into account for the course of the epidemic.
The age group 18 to 39 years currently leading the epidemic is not at risk of contracting COVID-19 infection to the extent that the older age groups 40 to 64, 65 years and older are at risk. However, it can put the health and lives of other age groups at great risk, as those who become infected will be transferred to the hospital and will likely require intubation. Yesterday Friday, the number of people intubated was 89, the majority in Attica hospitals.
What experts and health professionals fear is that in the next 10-15 days the great circulation of the coronavirus in young people will be registered in the ICU, as it happened in the summer. The wave of the epidemic began last August and new cases are constantly being registered, mainly among the young, and in September the effect was seen in the elderly who entered for treatment.
According to the latest data from hospitals, 666 patients with Covid-19 are treated in simple clinics, 243 in all units, 110 in the ICU, 86 are intubated while on Sunday 118 new admissions were made in a 24-hour period, a negative record from the start. of the epidemic in Greece.
«ΤThe point is that this phenomenon gradually, that is, the number of young people who are positive for the coronavirus, will lead, if not now, in the long term, perhaps in the next 10-15 days, to an increase in intubation, or an increase in the number of people. is older, or we can still see a small number of people who are younger and will need intubation because it is not invulnerable“, Mr. Majorkinis. To prevent this, for example, one can target the restriction of movement of the elderly, in an effort to reduce the impact of the epidemic on them, but also the pressure that the health system will receive.
However, the preventive weapon of the flu vaccine has been activated by more than 2.5 million Greeks; of the same number of electronic prescriptions that have been prescribed, 1.7 million prescriptions have been executed. In other words, 1.5 million Greeks have protected themselves from seasonal flu in an effort to protect themselves from severe infection caused by the coronavirus, and most of them belong to high-risk groups due to chronic diseases and age.
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