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The course of the pandemic in the country presents a better panorama, according to the president of EODY, Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, in statements to SKAI and the INAPROPRIATE program and revealed that the positivity index that will be announced today and worries last week, has fallen below your limit. 4% which also exists in the EU. compared to 4.34% the previous week. However, he noted that the Christmas and New Year holidays are very important and advised citizens to limit their contacts.
Regarding the tests carried out by EODY, Mr. Arkoumaneas pointed out that “every day we carry out more than 30,000 tests and we have reached the record of 36,000 in one day, while after a week we will make more random tests through tests. gov.gr and we believe that we will exceed 40,000.
The data is better, there is a drop in cases across the country and in some areas it is in the double digits. As an indication, yesterday we did 36 random samples across Greece and the positivity rate was 0.59%. “All rates are falling, perhaps at a slower pace, but intubated numbers have dropped to less than 500 and we expect a drop in the mortality rate, which is still high.
Regarding the picture presented by the areas where a stronger confinement has been supervised, he said that in Kozani, since November when we entered a confinement, there has been an increase in cases and therefore stricter measures have been imposed. “West Attica, based on the tests we conducted in recent days, presents a better picture than we expected, while the problem is centered in the Aspropyrgos area,” he added.
Regarding vaccines, Mr. Arkoumaneas noted that “the planning has been done with the central agreement of the EU. and we will take the doses that are sufficient to start with the health workers who are on the front line and the elderly who are in the care units. “I think very soon there will be a lot of the most vulnerable, who will start to have the necessary immunity from the vaccine, which apparently has impressive results.” In the general population, vaccination will take some time and it is even estimated that it will start from February and last until the summer.
Source: skai.gr
