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Although the rate of spread of the coronavirus in the country is decreasing, the pressure on the health system It is the worst case, as 219 Covid-19 patients lost their lives over the weekend. At the same time, the number of intubated is still suffocating, and epidemiologists sound the alarm in case of unlock lock given Christmas.
Yesterday Saturday a “black” record of daily deaths was recorded with EODY announcing 121 dead and a total of 696 people have lost their lives in the last week.
The number of new cases in the last week with the situation in hospitals in northern Greece, from Thessaly and her Mainland greecebe dramatic. The fullness of ICU-COVID is at 100%, while the calls to strengthen the SNA are continuous as the number of intubated patients admitted to improvised ICUs, with poor equipment and unqualified personnel increases.
Although the last seven days it shows decrease in new cases by 20%, the number of intubated patients shows a minimal decrease, since of the negative record of 609 intubated, currently 603 are hospitalized.
“Tragic” characterizes the situation in Thessaloniki the Nikolaos Kapravelos, UCI Director at the hospital “Papanikolaou”, appealing not to “open” the city and especially without restrictive measures.
Despite the apparent flattening of the epidemic curve, the decision to phase out the measures will largely depend on the number of inpatients and outpatients. ICU, intubated patients and positivity throughout the territory.
The reduction in new infections was also confirmed by Matina pagoni, president of the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Physicians Association, noting that it is “a pretty optimistic parameter for everyone.” As he said, death and intubation numbers cannot be reduced at this time, that is, if a fortnight of ten days does not pass.
“Then we can continue with better conditions and with the gradual lifting of the measures, evaluating it every day and only if we implement the measures properly,” he said in statements to ERT, adding:
“New Year’s Eve and tables should be done next year after vaccinations.”
The two-digit number of intubated patients in the country established as a condition for the gradual lifting of the closure, the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Exadaktylos, emphasizing that the early relaxation of measures will bring expulsion the number of people who will need it hospitalization, in an interview with ERT3.
“A very detailed assessment must be made of any measure to reduce the pandemic,” he said, noting that opening retail stores is perhaps safer than reopening schools.
Members of the Infectious Diseases Committee, according to information from MEGA, affirm that it is too early to relax the measures on December 7 and propose to the government the gradual return to relative normality to start December 14th. However there is Suggestions to extend the lockdown until December 21and then take a short 15-20 day break to move the market.
The first Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has already given a stigma on what this Christmas will be like, during his visit to Thessaloniki on Saturday.
“I really ask for a little patience and one more effort in the run-up to Christmas. We must avoid at all costs getting together at home, it is the most dangerous way to transmit the virus, We will only allow one more family for the holidays., choose which family you want to spend the holidays with, at this point we will be very strict“Stressed the prime minister.
