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The professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and member of the Expert Committee, Vana Papaevangelou, described the course of the pandemic in the country as stable, noting that the main characteristics are the gradual reduction of cases in some areas and the restriction of hospital admissions. However, he stressed that some areas are still “boiling.”
Regarding the distribution of 1,251 cases announced today, he said that 250 are registered in Attica, 243 in Thessaloniki and 102 new Covid-19 infections in Kilkis.
In fact, Ms. Papaevangelou explained the reasons why the Commission recommended that schools remain closed until January 7, despite the slow improvement in epidemiological data.
“The most important thing for lifting the restrictive measures is the situation of the UCI, which did not improve as we would like. Therefore, increased mobility would carry the epidemiological burden, ”he characteristically stated, adding that there is no special benefit for students in opening schools for a week after the Christmas holidays.
He reiterated that education is his absolute priority and that nothing can replace education with physical presence. “Schools are the last to close and the first to open,” he said, insisting on the scientists’ position that the virus is not transmitted in schools.
At the same time, the Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases commented on the British decision to vaccinate children with coronavirus, noting that his decision “does not surprise us.”
In this context, he referred to similar initiatives from Great Britain, which, as Ms Papaevangelou mentioned, shows increased reflexes and courage.
That’s what he said in 1999, when Britain vaccinated 80% of children and adolescents with group C meningitis, leading the way in Europe. As for the recent 2012, when there was a whooping cough outbreak in the country that resulted in the death of babies, as the professor noted, Britain vaccinated all pregnant women and stopped the endemic whooping cough outbreak.
Source: skai.gr
