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Coronavirus: Alkiviadis Vatopoulos did not rule out the possibility that during the gradual lifting of restrictive measures, some areas may be in emergency shutdown and others don’t.
As noted by the Professor of Microbiology at the University of West Attica “the problem has moved to the province“, A fact that has caused concern in the scientific community.
It is this increase in cases in the provincial cities of Greece that appears to bring to the table the scene of a “two-speed” lockdown, Mr. Vatopoulos told SKAI.
According to “the Ro index has started to be below unity in Athens and perhaps Thessaloniki, but is above 1 in some provincial cities, mainly in central and northern Greece. The problem has begun to move to the province. Residents of a small town or village should not think that the issue does not concern them. “.
«It is extremely easy to suddenly have an area that has not had cases. One scenario that may apply is that in some areas we have a blockage and in others we do not.Mr. Vatopoulos said characteristically.
As noted by the Committee on Infectious Diseases it is December 7When the market begins to open, cases will be limited to triple digits.
“If the measures are observed and contacts between people are reduced, logically the cases will also be reduced. I’m not sure if the quarantine in Athens and Thessaloniki applies to small towns as well”Noted the professor of Microbiology.
He expressed his gratitude that the worst is over and “I think we will be in recession now, but we still have a shaky situation in several areas.».
However, according to him, the pressure on the health system will definitely last another 1-2 weeks: “The severe cases will continue, because there are patients who got sick 10-15 days ago.” “Let’s not look at the pipelines and the dead yet, but at the cases and their spread throughout Greece.”
Regarding the number of cases, he stressed that the real one can be five times more than the registered one, since some patients may be asymptomatic or not undergo the test.
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