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«At this stage, the virus spreads very easily.“, Stressed the Anastasia Kotanidou, Pulmonologist, intensive care specialist and president of the Greek intensive care company, after Registry of negative cases of coronavirus recorded on Thursday. At the same time, the pulmonologist recalled that protective measures should be observed, with special emphasis on the use of the mask.
«Unfortunately, the black predictions are confirmed, which a time ago spoke of 3,000 and 4,000 cases and then seemed very distant. However, now they are our reality.“Ms. Kotanidou emphasized.
Although the shadow of the pandemic is falling strongly on the country, the pulmonologist stressed that “there is light in the tunnel, the light of the vaccine».
Asked about the next few days, she said that the figures we see are something that experts expected, it was the cause of the closure, she stressed, adding the following:cases will be at these levels, we will not see a decrease in cases. If from the middle of next week we see a decrease or at least a stabilization, we will be happy».
“There are not as many doctors as we would like in Thessaloniki”
«Thessaloniki is under a lot of pressure in terms of availability of beds, but we have the opportunity to open more beds. There are not as many doctors as we would like “He noted about the ICU beds.
«Today in northern Greece and Larisa there were many oil pipelines”He mentioned about the situation in hospitals. «If we are lucky and can transport a patient to a hospital in the same city, we are lucky, we see other European countries transporting patients to other countries.“He stressed.
«The main thing is to save the patient, if we need to transport him safely to another unit, we will do it, even in another cityAdded.
About the tragic images we all saw in Bergamo In the first wave of the pandemic and if Thessaloniki is close to this dramatic development, Ms Kotanidou was optimistic and emphasized that if we all try together we will achieve it, it is important to follow protective measures.
To lift the quarantine, he made it clear that it depends on how closely the measures are followed.
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