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As expected, the question was asked during the briefing at the Ministry of Health.
The EKPA professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and member of the expert committee of the Ministry of Health, Vana Papaevangelou, who participated in the briefing highlighted that the second block was mandatory due to the aggressive increase in cases and mainly from the hardest indicators that is, the number of patients intubated and terminated, which unfortunately has more than doubled in the last two weeks.
“We all know we have a difficult winter ahead in which we may have new measures again a few weeks later, once the measures taken are lifted.”
As Mrs. Papaevangelou said, “It seems that from each one individually but also from it all depends on how we live the holidays this year, but also in 2021».
He did not hesitate to give a more immediate answer: if the measures are implemented by everyone, we are expected to see a reduction in new cases in the next 15 days, said Ms Papaevangelou. This will be followed by a reduction in hospitalized patients.
“On the contrary, we do not expect immediate results with intubated patients who are hospitalized in the ICU, since the duration of hospitalization in the ICU is on average 2 weeks. “Unfortunately, we expect an increase in the number of ICU patients in the coming days.”
What worries the government and experts
Aimed at so manyOn leaving Attica for the province, he recommended special attention., since, as he said, the The epidemiological burden of Attica is particularly high and in no case we would not like to see an increase in cases in provincial cities. He recalled that wearing a mask even in open spaces is imperative.
Another factor that worries experts and the government is the poor compliance with the measures. Regarding the travel restriction in particular, the government spokesperson revealed that more thana million text messages for individual sports and pet walks just yesterday after 9pm. Stelios Petsas clarified that the controls will be strict.
According to the information, in fact, the image was similar the day before yesterday, Saturday, when around 1 million SMS were also sent in the afternoon to 13033 with the indication 6, which refers to a walk with a pet and physical exercise.
Adherence to the measures will lead to exit from the confinement
“We call everyone instead of paying fines, follow the instructions to get out of the confinement faster“Petsas stressed at the briefing, adding that if citizens follow the experts’ instructions, no additional measures will be needed.
The need to “Movement restriction” noted, among others, the Vice Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardals during the briefing on the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Hardalias reiterated that at the moment there is the possibility of movement for specific reasons and stressed that “we must not forget that all movements are exceptional and unique.”
“Any attempt to abuse this possibility distracts us from the achievement of our common goal and forces us, brings us closer to the hardening of current measures.”He noted, adding that “we can face the second strongest wave of the pandemic, continuing to show the same perseverance, responsibility and solidarity that we showed in the first phase.”
The “accordion” method
Asked about the possibility of a continuous pattern with 21 days of quarantine – 14 successive days of relaxation and again “closure” if deemed necessary, Stelios Petsas declined to confirm that it is in the scenarios considered by the government, but did not rule it out categorically.
Specifically, when asked about the “accordion” method during the political authors briefing, he replied: “It seems like a very specific plan as you mentioned with 21 and 14 days. No one can say at this stage what will be required to safely come out of the health crisis. which is, I repeat, universal and unprecedented. We always follow the instructions of the experts, now applying a second blockade, to bring the cases and the pressure in the Health System to an acceptable level.
»It will be released before Christmas. to return to a form of normality as I said in my introductory position. It is very important for the economy, for companies, but of course also for consumers. […] In the short term of the next few weeks, let’s take steps to break out of this lockdown.. If we follow the instructions of the experts, no strict measures will be needed in the coming weeks.
Is there dependence on ICUs?
The duration of the block will depend on the course of both the number of cases and the intubation in the ICU.
Wonder if cases must reach a three-digit number for the market to open, Nikos Hardalias affirmed that the issue is that a qualitative analysis of all these cases must be made, in which areas they are found, what are the real data, what results from the monitoring, what movements do they have, what cluster they can create or not, if their clusters they are sealed.
“It would be better not to talk about numbers, to talk about a state of recession, where our main concern will be if the national health system is under pressure or not, if the reduction to three digits of cases is seen as a reduction that will help.” national should not be pressured at the level of intubated ICUs and our peers who are abandoning this virus, “he noted.
Little by little opening
There will be a gradual return to normal after the second block.
Government sources indicate that the opening of the economy will be carried out in stages, as it happened before.
According to the information, in early December, if epidemiological data improve, the shops will open first and then the restaurant.
Basic The government’s goal is to open the entire market before the Christmas holidays, of course with protection measures to move the money and minimize losses due to the new blockade.
