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According to the information, the recommendation of the infectious diseases committee that met on Wednesday afternoon is the imposition of stricter measures such as the total lockdown as imposed in March.
The suggestion mainly concerns Elefsina and Aspropyrgos, where the data shows that the situation is getting out of control with the power of transmission to companies and family gatherings, however, the image is also a problem for experts from neighboring municipalities.
Warning of new tougher measures, referring to tougher local measures. emergency shutdown for West Attica, as well as Kozani was led by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias during the briefing on the course of its spread coronavirus.
As Vassilis Kikilias said, “After today’s EODY announcement we see an increase in cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the areas: Kilkis, Thessaloniki, Xanthi, Grevena, Pieria, Drama, Kozani, Rodopi, Pella and Larissa.”
According to the Minister of Health, the situation in Kozani and West Attica is serious and that is why the Committee on Infectious Diseases met.
“If epidemiological data deteriorates, the measures will be reevaluated,” said Mr. Kikilias, while calling on non-compliants to think very carefully about the burden of epidemiological data and the measures to be taken for these. areas.
Strict warnings for West Attica
Previously, at an extraordinary meeting in West Attica for the measures against the coronavirus, the Minister of Citizen Protection participated, Michalis Chrysochoidis.
“No one can shake their heads”, was the message sent by Minister of Civil Protection after the extensive meeting in the Subregion Elefsina, with the participation of the Secretary General of Civil Protection Vassilis Papageorgiou, representatives of the Region, mayors of West Attica and health agencies.
“I don’t have much to say, in fact I only have one thing to say: no one can shake their head. We are here to help, explain, help, but nobody is in the lead. Otherwise the areas will be sealed, even from house to house. It is not a threat or a warning. It is a decision and it will be made if necessary, ”said Mr. Chrysochoidis.
During the meeting, the issue of the implementation of measures to reduce the coronavirus pandemic and the problems faced by the regions of West Attica.
It should be remembered that a few days ago the Vice Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardals, had underlined that Western Attica is in “red”, citing detailed epidemiological data.
Petsas: opens the possibility of a total blockade locally
At the same time, speaking with Parapolitika 90.1 FM, the government spokesman Stelios Petsas, stated that the government is ready to use his weapon total blocking at the local level in specific regional units.
According to the government spokesman, Stelio petsa, the possibility of tightening the measures is not only open to areas of North greece.
“We have noticed all this time that in some regional units either the cases do not drop as much as we would like, or they go down slowly or we have small flares from time to time. In those areas, which Mr. Kikilias will refer to in the afternoon, if cases remain high and pressure in hospitals remains high, then we will have no choice but to take even tougher measures for a certain period of time. ” . said Mr. Petsas.
According to government spokesperson The government as a whole does not contemplate any scenario of relaxation of the measures until January 7, because as it emphasized: “The relaxation would be a wrong sign in what we have in front of us to face. We have a risk to face. “The danger is that we will unleash a third wave, which is very dangerous.”
As pointed out by Mr. Petsas, in the period until January 7, the first objective is not to break the downward trend that is registered and to emit a signal of compliance with the measures again.
“If we can do that and I repeat, it depends entirely on our behavior during the holidays, then there is no reason to extend it, at least with the data that we have in front of us,” said the government spokesman.
Hardals goes to Thessaloniki
Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, will travel to Thessaloniki tomorrow, Thursday, December 17, as there is concern about the development of the second wave of the pandemic in northern Greece, as well as in the west. of Attica.
Nikos Hardalias will have a series of meetings to evaluate the epidemiological data as it develops in the wider region, the course of the inspections carried out by the competent authorities for compliance with the measures, as well as the operational plan to protect against infection. by Covid-19 that they have developed. local authorities in view of the holidays.
In addition, after the completion of the hiring process by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of 192 executives for the needs of monitoring and attention to health threats, of which 30 executives are in the Central Macedonia Region, Nikos Hardalias You will have the opportunity to closely monitor the preparations made for its receipt by the competent Services.
Specifically, the Vice Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management will have the following meetings:
16.30: Meeting at the Regional Headquarters with the Regional Governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the Deputy Regional Governors of Thessaloniki, the Governors of the 3rd and 4th Health Regions of Macedonia, Panagiotis Bogiatzidis and Panepistakos Nikalitakis Tsalitikhatis Nikos.
18.00: Meeting at the City Council of Thessaloniki with the Mayor of the city, Konstantinos Zervas, with the participation of the Deputy Director General of Police of Thessaloniki, Lieutenant General Georgios Douvalis, the Coordinator of Operations of Central and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace of the Firefighters, Fireman’s boss .
19.30: Meeting at the Panorama City Council with the Presidency of the Regional Union of Municipalities of Central Macedonia and specifically with the President Ignatios Kaitezidis (Mayor of Pylaia-Chortiatis), Vice President Simos Daniilidis (Mayor Vassilios Neapilos), with the participation from the vice president of KEDE and mayor of Ampelokipi-Menemeni, Lazaros Kyrizoglou.
21.00: Meeting with the Commander of the Central Macedonia Fire Services, Brigadier General Dimitrios Kontogiannis and the Commander of the PE Thessaloniki Fire Services, Brigadier General Nikolaos Athanatos, with the participation of all the Commanders of the Fire Services of Stations and Stairs of PE Thessaloniki.
