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The government is activating all its “weapons” to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the country until vaccinations begin, implementing tougher local closures, while the massive rapid testing plan begins through requests to participate in the testing platform. gov.gr. , which will be an important tool to record the level of dispersion,
Elefsina, Aspropyrgos and Mandra in West Attica were subjected to a stricter blockade yesterday and Kozani is in the same situation as of today. The number of new cases and hospital admissions showed that the measures in force so far have not been able to discharge the epidemiological burden in these areas.
Other regions of Macedonia are under the microscope of the authorities to take stricter measures, while indicative of the concern that remains for these areas is the visit of the prime minister on Saturday to northern Greece.
The rapid implementation of rapid tests in random “sections” of the population will be a very important weapon in the “quiver” of the experts, since they will have the opportunity to capture in a much more specific way the size of the spread of the coronavirus in the population. and especially the percentage of asymptomatic.
As announced by the adjunct professor of the EKPA School of Medicine Gikas Majorkinis during yesterday’s briefing on the pandemic, on the testing.gov.gr platform, requests for citizen participation will be activated as of Monday, December 21 for free covid-19 screening. throughout the territory in order to reduce outbreaks of cases.
“It is a tool that will help us improve the epidemiological panorama that we have of the spread of the virus,” he said.
“Our strategy, as you know, so far for free tests includes in principle all patients with symptoms compatible with covid-19, such as hospitalizations and controls in health centers,” Majorkinis said, referring to his tests. EODY in the context of attention to influxes, but also preventive controls “for the timely detection of an imminent influx in vulnerable groups.”
“With the advent of valid rapid antigen tests that have been evaluated by independent sources, we are now adding free, nationwide randomized, free, and random checks to our strategy to reach 12,000 random tests per day,” Majorkinis said. new platform that will start operating on Monday night.
How the platform will work
Citizens may be interested in the tests of December 21 and On December 26, those who register will be notified of the time and place of arrival to be able to go to the free checkpoints as of Monday, December 28. The platform where basic information will be completed, such as address, phone number, etc. can be found at the email address testing.gov.gr.
Then a message will be sent with a verification number to the telephone number provided by the citizen and when the verification is carried out, a new message will be sent with the time and location of the rapid tests.
The selection will be random through an algorithm, without any criteria and is planned the first group of 12,000 citizens to visit one of the coronavirus testing centers. According to the professor, of the 368 checkpoints, 260 examination points will be in the Health Centers. Another 98 exam points will be available in the medical units of the Armed Forces. Another 18 points will be in health units of the National Health Organization.
Attendance at the test will justify an absence from work for three hours and once the procedure is completed, personal information will be deleted.
“It concerns everyone, with one specific exception. If you have symptoms, you should contact your doctor.” The correct way to get a free test is through your doctor, “explained the professor.
Tighter blockade from tomorrow in Kozani
Nikos Hardalias today announced the tightening of the closure and the implementation of the existing measures in West Attica for the Kozani regional unit. The measures take effect from today at 6 in the morning.
As noted by Mr. Hardalias, there are 397 active cases in Kozani, of which 91 are in treatment. Traces revealed 816 high-risk contacts. In these circumstances, the measures will be implemented starting today at 6 in the morning and for 7 days, when the situation will be reassessed as follows:
– The traffic ban is extended from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. with the exception of employees, who can only travel to and from work with the exclusive permission of their employer.
– The retail operation is suspended, even with the click-away method, hairdressers, manicurists and bookstores.
– All types of ecclesiastical ceremonies of all denominations are suspended, with the exception of exit services in the presence only of close relatives, which will not exceed ten people. In addition, free access to temples for individual prayer is suspended, while all church services are conducted only in the presence of the clergy.
– We proceed to the massive implementation of controls in the population of these areas by means of rapid antigen tests (rapid test) and with in-depth vertical monitoring of confirmed cases and their close contacts. It is noted that for Kozani special emphasis will be given to the areas of Voio and Eordea.
– Controls over company employees and especially industries in these areas are intensified with the application of the 0-5-10 model, that is, control on the first, fifth and tenth days.
– For the employees of the Elderly Units, it was decided that they will be screened for molecular or rapid test every 5 days.
– Likewise, there will be a massive distribution of protective masks with the care and cooperation of the Local Government.
– The operation of all the public markets of the five municipalities of the Regional Unit is suspended. At the same time, control with the use of rapid antigen tests (rapid test) of small vendors is mandatory, as a condition for the issuance of the work permit in other areas, as well as the periodic review every 3 days.
– Information campaigns for the population are launched immediately by EODY, at the same time that it is decided and controls on the implementation of the measures and the strengthening of control mechanisms in these areas are being intensified.
Cases are steadily declining, 96 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the new cases of coronavirus in the country rose to 916 yesterday. In the last 24 hours, 96 patients have died due to complications of the disease, while the number of people admitted to the ICU is 527, the total number being victims since the beginning of the pandemic of 4,044.
Of the 916 new cases, 186 were detected in Thessaloniki and 245 in Attica. In Kozani, 37 cases were registered, in Pieria 34, in Magnesia 46 and in Larissa 39. The number of new diagnoses was significantly reduced compared to last week, when we observed a triple-digit number of infections in several Regions, mainly in the northern Greece.
Detailed geographic distribution of current cases by Region:
Attica 262
Thessaloniki 186
Etoloakarnania 17
Argolide 1
Arcadia 1
Arta 2
Achaia 9
Βοιωτίας 12
Grevena 4
Drama 8
Evros 25
Evia 5
Evritania 2
Ilia 1
Imathias 11
Tasos 1
Ioannina 2
Kavala 18
Karditsa 18
Kastoria 1
Kilkis 9
Kozani 37
Corinth 10
Laconia 10
Larissa 39
Lesbos 23
Lefkada 2
Magnesia 46
Messinia 2
Islands 3
Xanthi 26
Pella 16
Pieria 34
Preveza 1
Rethymnon 2
Rodopi 14
Rhodes 2
Serres 28
Trikala 3
Phthiotide 4
Florina 4
Halkidiki 5
Chania 2
Chios 7
Under investigation 6
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The total number of cases is 129,584, of which 52.5% are men. 5,178 (4.0%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 37,630 (29.0%) are related to a known case.
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The mean age of the intubated is 67 years. 160 (30.4%) are women and the rest are men. 77.6% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 797 patients have been discharged from the ICU.
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Of the total number of deaths, 1,631 (40.3%) are women and the rest are men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 95.6% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
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