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Greece is one step closer to a widespread lockdown after yesterday’s explosion of 1,259 cases. But perhaps more worrying is the fact that the coronavirus is killing more and more people, with increasing frequency as deaths rise as the 102 intubated, surpassing the 100 limit, puts the NSS on alert.
The situation is marginal, something that was admitted at yesterday’s press conference, where Tsiodra’s return signals this alarm that the country is on fire.
According to Vima, the information says that in the next period and as the figures continue to indicate 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. To avoid this requires strict compliance with the measures announced by the Prime Minister and a daily battle to raise the wall of the … mask, the only weapon to contain the Covid-19. Especially considering the recent position of Mr. Mitsotakis, that “a” general lockdown “is not my personal choice”, the battle of the next few days will be tough and the measures before the general lockdown on the… table.
The scenarios before the closure
In this context, the “prohibition” to travel within the country – a measure that applies to the “red” areas, since it is prohibited to transfer residents outside the borders of the regional unit to which the measures apply, but not for the “orange”, which have been characterized by increased vigilance; appears to be the next step in an effort to trap the virus within the limits of epidemiologically stressed areas.
Serres’s case also reveals how quietly the pandemic virus can move in the community, leading to an outbreak of cases without warning. The result was to change from “green” to “orange” without making an intermediate stop at the “yellow” alarm level, as provided by the Covid-19 health and safety charter. 
At the same time, it examines the scenario of an even greater reduction in operating hours in the catering and entertainment sectors in the geographic areas located at alarm level 3 “higher vigilance”.
If one does not take into account that more than half of the country’s population is active in the orange zone (almost 50% of the inhabitants of the territory are concentrated in Attica and Thessaloniki alone), it is clear that it is necessary to build a strong embankment so as not to sound a red alert. , which will set in motion a prolonged “lockdown” and, indeed, at the heart of the country’s economic activity.
However, winter at the gates is expected to favor the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (as is traditionally the case every year with viruses that infect the respiratory system), with the ominous prognosis predicting that the next three months will be particularly difficult, the government proceeded with a reassuring “injection” into the retail sector that balanced the economy and public health.
In particular, the decision to keep retail stores open in the areas that are in category “4” was announced last Friday by the Prime Minister himself during a meeting with the Ministry of the Interior, the “Greece 2021” Commission and KEDE. after the conclusion of the scientific community that department stores do not contribute (as long as the measures are followed) to the spread of the virus. 
“Cocooning” for over 65s
Representatives of the state and science reiterate at every opportunity that the epidemic is evolving “dynamically.” The characterization they use, however, is not accidental, in the sense that it is not one-dimensional. On the one hand, it captures the dark φύση nature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (as well as all viruses that have expansive tendencies in the human species), which is surprising with the high transmission rates when conditions favor it.
On the other hand, the same characterization encompasses the urgent need for an equally dynamic plan both at the level of precaution and in the field of action when the virus hits within the community.
In these circumstances, the restrictions that came into force yesterday morning and the measures that are expected to be activated immediately in the next period, if deemed necessary, are aimed at curbing the rapid wave that is spreading in the country. But in addition to the number of cases, experts are closely monitoring two more “tough” indicators, the number of patients admitted to hospitals and the number of intubated patients, which describe the degree of pressure on the health system. 
The dynamics of the epidemic are of nightmare proportions
As explained by the professor of Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva speaking with “Vima” Manolis Dermitzakis, «the course of the epidemic is so dynamic that what we see today is the result of those that developed 10 or 14 days ago. Therefore, the wave that arrives will be rapid, so it is possible that in the next period new diagnoses will reach 2,000 per day.». 
The nocturnal “closure” and the contradiction
According to data from our country, the functioning of schools seems to be the weakest link in the chain of transmission in the community. In fact, according to the internationally renowned Greek scientist, the Greek “model” with the use of a mask inside the rooms appears to function as an important protective shield.
Again in Sweden, where daily cases reach 3,000, investigations are underway as schools in certain cantons have closed and thus their impact on the spread of the new coronavirus in the community can be assessed. In fact, in congested areas of the country, the use of the mask is gradually imposed on students older than 12 years (scientists cite data that younger children are not responsible for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2). 
Tsiodras
We expected that the second wave of the pandemic in our country would be worse, ”said Sotiris Tsiodras, who was specially recruited in today’s information on the coronavirus given the criticality of the situation. The head of the Commission of the Ministry of Health for the coronavirus affirmed that we try to avoid confinement in any way, imposing measures that are not pleasant, but are absolutely necessary to stop the virus.
And he may have recognized that “the issue of responsibility is tiresome, it is time for hearts to speak”, but his invocation of the “conscience” of the Greeks and especially of the young is mainly indicative of the lack of effective tools against pandemic. To this, many attribute Mr. Tsiodras’s admission that nothing more can be done about public transport “suffering” and its dramatic and at the same time strict appeal to the attention of young people.
The NSS is on the brink of collapse
The explosion in income leads to an increase in the number of patients entering the intensive care unit, while the exponential increase in cases creates dominoes of problems in the health system.
In large hospitals, beds fill up quickly. A typical example is Thriasio, where clinics are full and cases are transferred to other hospitals.
In Evangelismos there are only 15 empty beds, as 75 patients with symptoms of the disease are treated, while the Sotiria clinics with 90 patients are full. In Gennimatas, however, 23 of the 31 beds in the coronavirus clinic are occupied.
Hospital administrations are forced to close clinics and turn them into covid, as many of those who are positive now need treatment. The biggest problem is faced by hospitals in the region.
In Kastoria 12 patients are treated with coronavirus. The pathology was closed to give beds exclusively to patients with symptoms of the virus. The Ptolemaida and Kozani hospitals are on its borders, while in Ioannina’s Hatzikosta an additional 24 beds were delivered for coronavirus cases, as Ioannina is affected by the virus outbreak.
Alarm for Northern Greece
As in the first wave, northern Greece has taken back the reins of the pandemic, with Attica picking up the majority of cases on a daily basis, but has stabilized at around 200-220 cases per day. In contrast, Thessaloniki had only 4 fewer cases today than Athens (291 vs 295).
After Kozani and Kastoria, Ioannina and Serres will also upgrade to the “red” level of 4 increased alarm from Thursday.
At the same time, a double-digit number of cases was recorded in various regions, and the situation was constantly assessed.
In particular, 20 new cases were registered in Evros, in Halkidiki 22, in Rodopi 73, in Pella 20, in Serres 55, in Drama 18, in Kavala 12, in Kilkis 11, in Kozani 12, in Xanthi 15 and in Serres 55 .
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