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The course of cases of the coronavirus in the coming days, but the resilience of the health system is also expected to judge whether further restrictions will be imposed
Concern prevails in government with millions of sms sent during the first days of the closure imposed in the country.
It is characteristic that only during the weekend, November 7 and 8, will be sent 8.6 million messages in 13033.
Specifically, on Saturday at 13033 it reached 4.7 million text messages, while on Sunday it reached 3.9 million, record figures if we take into account that the average number of sms during the previous block was 2.9 million .
With this in mind, the government is considering additional measures to tighten the quarantine, according to Alpha.
In particular, the government is waiting next week to see the effectiveness of the measures already taken, that is, the blockade in its current form. If these do not work we will go to a different situation, such as a traffic ban. from 9:00 p.m., without exception.
At the same time, always according to the same information the six reasons to send an SMS to 13033 it will be reduced in case of tightening of the measures.
In any case, if cases drop below 1,000 per day, there is a chance that the lockdown will be relaxed.
It is recalled that the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Tuesday (11/10) 2,384 cases of covid-19 disease in the country, of which 50 were detected after controls at the doors of the country. The total number of cases is 60,570, of which 54.2% are men.
Thessaloniki and northern Greece remain in the vortex of the coronavirus, with the cases, but also the constant flow of patients to hospitals, indisputable elements of the prevailing situation.
As the minister, Vassilis Kikilias, announced on Tuesday at the extraordinary press conference at the Ministry of Health, the percentage of positivity in Thessaloniki stands at 32%.
“The prime minister, the government and he personally did, they are doing and will do everything that is necessary, everything humanly possible, but also what is considered necessary to overcome this crisis together with Greek society. The forces of the NSS are not limitless“We have shown that we have a plan and that we can implement it”, he characteristically said.
Regarding hospitalizations in the ICU, the professor of Intensive Care and director of the Evangelism ICU, Anastasia Kotanidou, said during the press conference that, since the beginning of the epidemic, they have been hospitalized. 900 patients with Covid-19, of which 330 have been discharged. It also reported that mortality in the country’s ICUs ranged from 35% to 37%. Ms. Kotanidou also added that “Mortality in Greece is about60 patients per 1 million inhabitants, it’s an extremely low death rate compared to all other advanced countries in Northern Europe and North America. “
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