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Dramatic appeal to doctors to go to Thessaloniki to help his colleagues in hospitals he turned to the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Exadaktylos.
In fact, he said that we are not far from the images. we saw in hospitals in Italy during the first wave of the pandemic.
“The situation is critical. I appeal to my fellow citizens in Thessaloniki not to move unless absolutely necessary. Do not leave your home unless there is a very serious reason. I also appeal to other doctors who can help to come to Thessaloniki, because there is a need for doctors in our hospitals. The people on the front line are exhausted and we must all help them. We are looking for doctors from anywhere in Greece. The Thessaloniki doctors respond adequately and consistently, but we don’t know where we will end up.
“We are not far from the images we saw in hospitals in Italy in the first wave of the pandemic, “Mr. Exadaktylos characteristically stated, adding that we will defeat the pandemic even if we need to provide help to people in public places.
The president of the Panhellenic Medical Association pointed out that in cases of pandemic, the The second waves are stronger and more deadly emphasizing that “any mass event in Thessaloniki will constitute a crime against health.
Regarding the course of the coronavirus in the co-capital, which is still “reaping” despite the fact that Thessaloniki has been locked up for 12 days, he said that although there is a slight reduction in the transmission rate, but no stabilization and deceleration.
“32% of the tests are positive, but even if 60,000 are sick, according to the estimates of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, it will take time to see a decrease. In addition, there is more mobility than the previous blockade,” he concluded.
Thessaloniki is the first in cases
In the “red” are the Thessaloniki and the Attica, in which they are re-recorded greater number of new cases –777 in BC Thessaloniki and 635 in the Attica region.
The last 24 hours were recorded in the country with a record 43 dead and 297 intubated.
More specifically, EODY announced today 2,752 news youth cases coronavirus in the country, of which 39 They were found after checks at the gates of the country. The total number of cases is 63321, of which 54.2% are men.
A total of 4,556 (7.2%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 17036 (26.9%) are related to an already known case.
297 Our fellow citizens are being treated by intubation. Their average age is 65. 82 (27.6%) are women and the rest are men. 82.8% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 347 the patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, we have 43 deaths are still recorded and 909 deaths in the country as a whole. 369 (40.6%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 96.7% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.