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“The country has entered the so-called exponential phase Y the health system has begun to reach its limits, as we have strongly upward trends and in cases and in hospitalizations and in intubation » said the Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Athens School of Medicine, Nikos Sypsas, Speaking to CNN Greece.
“We are in a extremely difficult phase of the pandemic in Greece and the main reason is the enormous dispersion that took place in the first months of autumn ”, he continued.
Commenting on her I complete it of all Intensive Care Units in the country, located in 71%, estimated:
“If the ICU number remains stable, I don’t think they can last more than 10 days“However, I think the number of ICU beds will increase even by converting ordinary beds to roughly ICU beds with the use of ventilators and monitors to function as quasi-intensive care units.”
Regarding the contribution of private hospitals, Mr. Sypsas noted that “any ICU bed in the territory must be used, One way or another “.
“It just came to our attention then. The main solution that is being done at the moment is the transfer of patients who do not have Covid-19 from public ICUs to private hospital ICUs, in order to free up beds of intensive care at the NSS ”.
“The private sector must be involved in the treatment of the coronavirus, at the moment private hospitals are not involved in the treatment of patients with Covid-19,” he added.
Referring to emergency shutdown which has been in force since the early hours of Saturday, described it as “light”, estimating:
“It has nothing to do with last March and in a form of confinement we will live until spring.”
“I do not see any cases until spring when we can proceed with the complete lifting of the ban. The measures that have already been announced, which include the operation of primary schools, we will see how they will work at the end of November,” he added.
When talking about the differences with respect to the previous closure that was imposed in the country, he stressed that when it comes to open schools “it is not only the students, it is also the parents, teachers and the people who surround the operation of a school.” He also stressed that there is no time limitation, nor local identification in movements.
Asked about teleworking percentage which is currently 50% in the public and private sectors, estimated that this percentage must exceed 70%, “if the image continues to deteriorate”.
“To be completely honest, teleworking is not widespread in Greece, there is no infrastructure and we must exhaust all our possibilities,” he said.
“Personally, I’m not sure that we can flatten the epidemiological curve, at least with the data we have so far, which means that possibly to make the ban tougher. “However, there is uncertainty about the evolution of the epidemic, so it is good to wait,” Sypsas said.
“The strategy at the moment is to watch and do because the measures take at least two weeks to bear fruit.” Perhaps by the end of this week we will have a better idea of whether they are performing or not and whether we should intervene more decisively. ” added.
Specially for Thessaloniki, estimated that “the health system will not last long.” On whether the proposal has been placed universal school closure He said “it will be the next first step” along with banning traffic at night and limiting the duration of messages.
“The Committee (of experts) has not yet been convened on the subject, but we will see immediately what can be done in conjunction with the decisions of Civil Protection.”
In terms of “Orphan” cases where now exceed 41,700, estimated that it is a consequence of the enormous dispersion -especially in the large urban centers- in early autumn.
“It is an image that we have a wide dissemination in the community which, in my opinion, makes it difficult to work with the lockdown because people go home with the virus and the spread continues.”
He was asked how his process could be strengthened. trackingThe professor of Infectious Diseases responded that he would need “highly experienced and trained personnel in many parts of the country, as well as many technical means such as population mobility, means that are currently not available.”
Finally, about transmissibility index Rt that on November 2 it was located at 1.2 in the territory, estimated that it is in an upward trend.
