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The evolution of the coronavirus pandemic turned out to be so rapid and the NSS so under pressure that less than a week after the announcement of the action plan that was supposed to last a month, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis today makes new announcements, with a scenario general lockdown most likely. across the country.
In fact, Mr. Mitsotakis will receive (remotely) questions from journalists, while he will have the head of the expert committee, Sotiris Tsiodras, by his side, apparently to attribute to the experts the decision of a lockdown, which Maximou wanted to avoid anxiously. that he “trained” until the situation became marginal.
He also referred to the experts’ suggestions, justifying the closure of the focus in Attica and Thessaloniki during the meeting the day before yesterday with a teleconference of the ND Parliamentary Group, since some blue deputies raised the question of the consequences of the measures on employers and employees .
However, the prime minister also said on Saturday that his goal was to avoid a global lockdown, although he took strict measures in the spotlight, as cases increased and similar measures were taken by Germany, France and other European countries, with Angela Merkel asking for a conference call. Thursday for a European blockade.
But already on Monday a general blockade was decided in Salonica and Serres, as in the spring, since the increase in cases was exponential in these two areas. The closure in Attica was on the table, but it seems that there were different points of view within the government. So the day before yesterday the government spokesman Stelios Petsas left open the possibility of a confinement in Attica, the Minister of State George Gerapetritis rejected it, yesterday morning Mr. Petsas declared that a confinement in Attica was not yet closed, in the afternoon at Maximos In the evening, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias confirmed that the commission had suggested a nationwide shutdown over the next month.
What did it mediate? The suggestions of the experts in the Prime Minister’s teleconference and the finding that the ICUs are filling up and soon the NSS will not be able to withstand the pressure, as despite the spring announcements, it has not been strengthened to the extent that can handle the second wave of the pandemic. . A new negative record was set yesterday with 2,646 new cases.
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