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The extension of the general confinement until December 14 announced by the government’s spokesman, Stelios Petsas, did not surprise anyone. The epidemiological burden remains alarmingly high across Greece, with Thessaloniki and other northern cities still in the red.
The reaction of the experts is indicative, who have been emphasizing for days that the evolution of the pandemic does not allow the lifting of restrictive measures. As the strictest significantly point out, the last thing we need to worry about right now is lifting the blockade and “rescuing” Christmas and the festive mood.
His main argument is that the health system is still under enormous pressure, with an increase in ICU patients. At the same time, the daily average of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic remains terrifying, persisting at alarming numbers, often exceeding 100.
The chronicle of a previously announced decision
The epidemiological panorama of the country in the last 24 hours does not allow in any case not even the discussion to lift the restrictive measures.
It has been clear since the first lockdown that a premature or careless lifting of restrictive measures will have disastrous results and possibly an outbreak of the third wave of the deadly virus in the country.
Ringing bells, the scientists gathered in the schools stressed that at present it is not possible to talk about opening schools or any other sector.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis “showed” the path the country will follow, with the Prime Minister clarifying that nightly entertainment and bars will reopen only when we have a vaccine, while retail can be opened at the end of December, only with rules and if the epidemiology the image shows a clear improvement.
The other big “thorn” is the schools, which are not expected to open until 2021. This stems from today’s meeting of infectious disease specialists, who said “no” to the students’ return to school.
The government may not yet discuss opening the economy, with the exception of opening seasonal stores before Christmas.
The seasonal stores are expected to open on December 7, a decision that, according to Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis, was taken as these stores can only sell their products during this period. 
Finally the schools for this year?
The issue of schools remains open, with the potential to be overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal to open after the Christmas break.
Many, including most infectious disease specialists on the government’s proposed committee, find it futile to reopen schools for just a week before closing them again for the Christmas break.
The risk will be high and the benefit negligible, as the epidemiological burden across the country remains high and the mobility of children returning to school will further exacerbate the already aggravated situation. 
Thus, although the restrictive measures will remain in full force until December 14, that is, for two more weeks, some individual stores will open on Monday.
Specifically, as of December 7, the operation of retail stores of purely seasonal Christmas items is allowed, as well as their sale by supermarkets.
The exact form and time of operation will be announced tomorrow by the Secretary General for Commerce, Panagiotis Stampoulidis.
On the other hand, bars and nightclubs will be closed during the festivities, while very strict restrictions are contemplated, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis explained on Wednesday about the operation of restaurants, if finally both infectious disease specialists and businessmen accept it. . of the industry, with the latter declaring that an opening will be catastrophic for a few days if they are closed again soon after.
Mitsotakis’s decisions have been in effect for a week.
In any case, the prime minister’s speech, which was scheduled for tomorrow, as Stelios Petsas said, will take place next week.
This is an expected decision, since the situation in our country continues to be fluid.
However, experts estimate that it will be difficult to lift the measures on Halloween, extending the restrictions even until Easter, when the government intends to vaccinate almost 4.5 million citizens.
The situation in Greece
Cases can fluctuate every day, with numbers hovering around 2,000 a day, but what remains constant is the particularly high number of deaths and intubations.
Specifically, today EODY announced 1,882 new cases of the new virus in the country, of which 8 were detected after controls at the country’s gateways.
One more day, Thessaloniki wins again with 428 cases, followed by Attica with 334 confirmed cases.
A three-digit number of cases is recorded in Larissa with 121 cases, as well as in Pieria with 110.
Likewise, alarming figures were announced in Serres and Drama with 76 and 75 cases respectively.
Analytically:
- 8 cases during controls carried out at the country’s entry gates
- 334 cases in the Attica region
- 428 cases in PE Thessaloniki
- 9 cases in PE Etoloakarnania
- 1 case in PE Argolida
- 5 cases in PE From Arcadia
- 1 case in PE Arta
- 17 cases in PE from acaya
- 7 cases in PE Βοιωτίας
- 16 cases in PE Grevena
- 75 cases in PE Drama
- 28 cases in PE Evros
- 4 cases in PE De Evia
- 8 cases in PE Evritania
- 3 cases in PE De ilia
- 71 cases in PE Imathia
- 15 cases in PE Heraklion
- 2 cases in sick PE
- 1 case in PE Θήρας
- 5 cases in PE Ioannina
- 49 cases in PE Kavala
- 3 cases in PE Kalymnos
- 43 cases in PE Karditsa
- 6 cases in PE Kastoria
- 4 cases in PE Corfu
- 1 case in PE De Kefallinia
- 12 cases in PE Kilkis
- 39 cases in PE Kozani
- 4 cases in PE Corinto
- 3 cases in PE Laconia
- 121 cases in PE from Larissa
- 1 case in PE Lassithi
- 24 cases in PE Lesbos
- 1 case in PE Lefkada
- 35 cases in PE Magnesia
- 9 cases in PE from messinia
- 2 cases in PE Μήλου
- 1 case in PE Naxos
- 50 cases in PE Xanthi
- 69 cases in PE Pella
- 110 cases in PE Pieria
- 7 cases in PE Preveza
- 5 cases in PE from Rethymno
- 23 cases in PE Rodopi
- 1 case in PE Rhodes
- 2 cases in PE Samos
- 76 cases in PE Serres
- 1 case in PE Syros
- 38 cases in PE Trikala
- 16 cases in PE Fthiotida
- 10 cases in PE Florina
- 4 cases in PE Φωκίδας
- 19 cases in PE from Halkidiki
- 9 cases in PE Chania
- 6 cases in PE Chios
- 40 cases are under investigation.
More than 111,000 cases
Thus, the total number of cases is 111,537, of which 52.9% are men, while 4,958 (4.4%) are considered related to travel from abroad and 29,474 (26.4%) are related to a case already known. 
In addition, 622 of our fellow citizens are being treated by intubation. Their average age is 65. 177 (28.5%) are women and the rest are men. 75.9% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 620 patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, we have 100 more deaths registered and 2,706 deaths in total in the country. 1,085 (40.1%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 80 years and 96.5% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
Age distribution
The average age of the cases is 43 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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