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Greece is at the most critical moment in its battle against the coronavirus, with pressure on the health system growing by the day and cases increasing rapidly. And if yesterday’s announcements of a curfew after 9 p.m. across the country exploded like lightning in the air, today’s triple negative record came to show us in the worst way why more interventions were needed, even though the country is already in lockdown mode, for 6 days.
In fact, the situation seems to have gotten far away. This can be easily understood by listening to statements from scientific and government staff, who have already started talking about new, even stricter measures.
Of course, to do this, about 14 days must be completed from the start of the universal blockade, so that the progress of our country can be evaluated.
This is the reason why, as the government and scientists point out, we do not expect a reduction in cases until the middle of next week, something Anastasia Kotanidou also highlighted. 
What the government is looking at
According to information from MEGA, there is a case to see a greater number of cases than at present.
If the measures don’t work as expected, the first measure the government is considering is a tighter curfew, a universal lockdown, and a tighter curfew after 9pm.
Another measure that the government is considering is a strict limit on telework that will reach up to 70%. This is what other countries are applying and it will be implemented to reduce morning traffic jams and overcrowding at workplaces.
As for primary schools and kindergartens, in the next scenario everything will be closed for 15 days.
In any case, everything indicates that the closure will be extended, which with the announcements until now ends on November 30.
According to the MEGA report, the image that our country presents today is not an image that shows that the confinement can end even partially at the end of the month. “Christmas will be like these days,” predicted MEGA government reporter Giannis Christakos.
“Accordion” to save Christmas
Another measure that scientists and the government have been discussing in recent days is the “accordion” strategy. That is, open the economy for a time and then close it for a certain period of time. In fact, Kyriakos Mitsotakis also referred to this from Parliament.
Essentially, it is a proposal that has been debated with a view to Christmas, which provides for the end of the confinement, if conditions allow it, the opening of the economy, shops, etc. (conditionally) for some time and then a quarantine period.
As the Prime Minister stated in his speech: “The vaccine will arrive and when it arrives we will leave this adventure behind but for this to happen we will have to endure a few months. For those who accused us that we should not go to the “accordion” strategy to tell us what they suggest. There has been complacency on the part of the government, we must not make the same mistake again in the run-up to Christmas. To meet only with our loved ones. If we reopen we will have made a hole in the water ”. 
According to government plans, the quarantine will be “open and closed” in order to decompress when the Health system and when the “market.” All this while the vaccine is on the way.
Depending on the epidemiological data and the pressure on the health system, the restrictions or even the blockade will be lifted or returned for a period of time.
So we can stay for many months, until the vaccine is found and a large part of the population is vaccinated.
It is recalled that previously in.gr wrote that depending on the epidemiological data, there could be an extension of the blockade, although the government wants to open the market for Christmas.
What the scientists say
Speaking to MEGA, the pulmonologist, intensive care specialist and president of the Greek intensive care company, Anastasia Kotanidou stressed that “at this stage it seems that the virus is transmitted very easily.”
At the same time, he recalled the protective measures, with special emphasis on the use of the mask and the avoidance of co-painting.
Asked about the next few days, the pulmonologist said that the figures we see are something that experts expected to be the cause of the confinement, she stressed, adding that “the cases will be at these levels, we will not see a decrease in cases.” If we see a decrease or at least a stabilization from the middle of next week, we will be happy. “
“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 said of the ICU beds.
“Today in northern Greece and Larissa there were a lot of pipelines,” he said 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 transferring patients to other countries. “
“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 city,” he added.
Regarding the tragic images that 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 succeed, it is important. follow the protection measures “.
Thursday “black” with triple negative record
All this, at the time that today our country announced 3,316 new cases, 50 deaths and 310 intubated. Aside from the shocking numbers themselves, the fact that this is a triple negative record is terrifying.
One more day, Thessaloniki emerged as the “champion” of the cases, which is at an extremely critical juncture in terms of the evolution of the pandemic.
Of the 3,316 cases announced by the National Public Health Organization in the last 24 hours, 828 are registered in Thessaloniki, while Attica is on alert with 756 cases.
The situation is also tragic with Pella with 194 cases, followed by Larissa with 160 confirmed cases, while Pieria has 105 and Imathia 101. Drama reaches 98 with a triple digit number with 98 cases, while Kavala and Serres with 88 and 87 cases respectively.
The great dispersion throughout the country is worrying.
More details:
- 24 cases during controls carried out at the country’s entry gates
- 3 imported cases that came voluntarily for testing
- 756 cases in the Attica region
- 828 cases in PE Thessaloniki
- 18 cases in PE Etoloakarnania
- 4 cases in PE Argolida
- 4 cases in PE From Arcadia
- 6 cases in PE Arta
- 31 cases in PE from acaya
- 18 cases in PE Βοιωτίας
- 18 cases in PE Grevena
- 98 cases of PE Drama
- 76 cases in PE Evros
- 10 cases in PE De Evia
- 15 cases in PE Evritania
- 9 cases in PE from ilia
- 101 cases in PE Imathia
- 20 cases in PE Heraklion
- 1 case in sick PE
- 4 cases in PE Thesprotia
- 4 cases in PE Θήρας
- 23 cases in PE Ioannina
- 88 cases in PE Kavala
- 3 cases in PE Kalymnos
- 60 cases in PE Karditsa
- 10 cases in PE Kastoria
- 20 cases in PE Corfu
- 39 cases in PE Kilkis
- 32 cases in PE Kozani
- 10 cases in PE Corinto
- 2 cases in PE Laconia
- 160 cases in PE from Larissa
- 5 cases in PE Lassithi
- 28 cases in PE Lesbos
- 2 cases in PE Lefkada
- 71 cases in PE Magnesia
- 17 cases in PE from messinia
- 1 case in PE Μήλου
- 1 case in PE Mykonos
- 37 cases in PE Xanthi
- 1 case in PE Paros
- 194 cases in PE Pella
- 105 cases in PE Pieria
- 1 case in PE Preveza
- 3 cases in PE from Rethymno
- 42 cases in PE Rodopi
- 9 cases in PE Rodas
- 87 cases in PE Serres
- 2 cases in SP Sporades
- 26 cases in PE Trikala
- 22 cases in PE Fthiotida
- 19 cases in PE Florina
- 22 cases in PE Φωκίδας
- 68 cases in PE from Halkidiki
- 14 cases in PE Chania
- 2 cases in PE Chios
- 42 cases are under investigation.
More than 66,000 cases
Thus, the total number of cases is 66,637, of which 54.1% are men, while 4,587 (6.9%) are considered related to travel from abroad and 17,773 (26.7%) are related to a case already known. 
In addition, 310 of our fellow citizens are treated by intubation. Their average age is 65. 88 (28.4%) are women and the rest are men. 82.9% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 353 patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, we have 50 more deaths registered and 959 deaths in total in the country. 387 (40.4%) women and the rest men. The average age of our dying fellow citizens was 80 years old, and 96.9% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
Age distribution
The average age of the cases is 39 years (range 0 to 104 years), while the average age of death is 80 years (range 25 to 103 years). The age distribution of (a) total cases, (b) cases that resulted in death, and (c) patients treated by intubation, is as follows: 
Geographic dispersion
The map shows the geographical distribution of total COVID-19 cases (since the beginning of the epidemic) by Regional Unit of the country, according to the declared address of permanent residence of the patient, or the address of temporary residence for tourists and other temporary residents. in Greece. It includes both cases with a travel history (“imported”) and cases with possible national transmission. 
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