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Infectious disease specialists are expected to meet today to prepare a proposal to remove the blockade, considering when schools, shops and restaurants should open.
There are many questions that will fall on the table, such as when the lifting of the measures will finally begin, what will happen with the traffic ban and SMS, but also whether or not all the shops in the restaurant will open.
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In any case, everyone hopes that the situation in the NSS and the epidemiological data allow measures to be lifted in the run-up to Christmas so that economic and social activity does not completely collapse.
Infectious disease specialists, however, are very cautious about opening up society and the economy and emphasize in every tone that this must be done very carefully, to somehow avoid the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in our country .
Decisions about schools, retail, catering
As for the measures, it seems that the opening of the Primary and Infant Gardens on December 7 will be “blocked”, while the students of the Gymnasiums and Lyceums will follow later.
As for retail, it will “open” on December 7 or a week later.
Small businesses can open first and then large trade measures while the click system is on the table to avoid overcrowding.
The consumer will then electronically buy and pay for a product and go to the store just to pick it up.
However, all the experts’ attention seems to be on focus.
Experts have not decided when and if restaurants should open during the holidays or in January, as France will do on January 20.
Of course, it goes without saying that in catering there will be strict measures that prohibit standing customers, a certain number of people per table, distances and the use of a mask.
The decisions of the experts will be made on the basis of epidemiological data, while so far the pressure on the SEN continues to increase, in contrast to the cases that begin and show a downward trend.
Only yesterday, Thursday 11/26, EODY announced 2,018 new cases of the new virus in the country, 2 of which were detected after controls at the country’s entry gates. The total number of cases is 99,306, of which 53.1% are men.
The 4,851 (4.9%) cases are considered related to travel from abroad and 25,924 (26.1%) are related to a known case.
608 patients are treated by intubation. Their average age is 65. 166 (27.3%) are women and the rest are men. 80.8% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older.
524 patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, we had 99 more deaths recorded and 2,001 deaths in total in the country. 806 (40.3%) correspond to women and the rest to men. The mean age of our dying fellow citizens was 80 years and 97.1% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
Two speed lock
The increase in cases in the provincial cities of Greece is worrying the scientific community, putting on the table the scenario of a “two-speed” lockdown.
As the professor of Microbiology at the University of West Attica, Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, pointed out in statements to SKAI, the problem has moved to the province “and did not rule out that during the gradual lifting of restrictive measures, some areas are closed and others are not. “.
“The Ro index has started to be below unity in Athens and perhaps Thessaloniki, but it is above 1 in some provincial cities, mainly in central and northern Greece. The problem has started 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 to have a blockage in some areas and not others. “, said.
As noted by the Infectious Diseases Committee, the goal is that by December 7, when the market begins to open, cases will be reduced to triple digits. “If the measures are observed and contacts between people are reduced, logically the cases will also be reduced. “I am not sure that the quarantine in Athens and Thessaloniki applies to small towns as well,” said the professor of Microbiology.
He expressed gratitude that the worst is over and “I think now we will be in recession, we just still have an unstable situation in several areas.”
However, according to him, the pressure on the healthcare system will definitely last another 1-2 weeks. “Serious cases will continue, because there are patients who got sick 10-15 days ago. “Let’s not look at intubations and deaths yet, but at cases and their spread throughout Greece,” he added, emphasizing that the actual number of cases may be five times higher than that registered, since some patients may be asymptomatic or not undergo a test.
The German model
And while the Greek government will present its plan for how we will do Christmas next week, Germany and in particular Chancellor Merkel presented theirs yesterday.
The German package also includes a “mini break”, during the Christmas period, from December 23 to January 1, according to the draft decision that was leaked to the German media.
Faced with the states’ refusal to accept the austerity measures last week, Merkel finally turned the tables on the local prime ministers, urging them to reach a common framework and her proposal will finally be presented to the chancellor tomorrow.
Expansion of the partial confinement
In general, restrictions applied in November are expected to extend for at least another three weeks, until December 20. Hotels, restaurants and gyms will be closed. Citizens should stay home as long as possible and avoid unnecessary travel, travel and contacts.
Masks and meetings
Ιδιω Private gatherings will be limited to members of two households and up to 5 people, with the exception of children under 14 years of age.
Μά Masks will be mandatory in public access buildings, shops and public transport.
Υποχρε The obligatory use of the mask is also possible outdoors where a large number of people gather
Christmas exceptions
From December 23 to January 1:
Συνα Meetings of more than two households will be allowed
Αριθμός The maximum number of five can reach 10 people (always with the exception of children under 14 years of age)
● After the rally, participants will be encouraged to isolate themselves for a few days.
Εκκλη Churches may be allowed to conduct their holiday services
WHERE: Forget the big turkey company at Christmas
The alarm was raised by the World Health Organization, in view of the holidays and while governments relax measures for the coronavirus.
The WHO’s top emergency expert said the arrival of a Covid-19 vaccine would allow people to progressively gain control of the disease next year.
“Life as we knew it, I think it is very, very possible, but we must continue to follow the rules of hygiene and physical distance. The vaccines do not correspond to the eradication of Covid. “Adding vaccines to our current measures will allow us to really break the curve, avoid roadblocks and progressively gain control of the disease,” Mike Ryan told RTE television in his native Ireland.
“We must be fully aware that we must reduce the likelihood of infecting another person simply by carefully organizing our family gatherings over the Christmas holidays.” It is common in Ireland for 15 people in the kitchen to peel potatoes and stuff turkeys. This is something we should not do. ”
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