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A demanding week begins for the government after the mini-vacation break with the emergency shutdown return to the daily life of citizens, causing reactions in the commercial world and concern to investigate the country’s health authorities, following the detection of four cases of coronavirus of a mutant strain originally detected in Great Britain and associated with increased transmissibility.
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Meanwhile, the Infectious Diseases Committee is meeting again today to discuss the new epidemiological data, while The epidemiological panorama of six areas in Attica raises concerns, as there has been a rapid increase in cases in the last 15 days.
What areas are in “red”
This is the Aspropyrgos, which has been in lockdown mode for at least 2 weeks, Ilion, Peristeri, Keratsini, Menidi and Zefyri. They are large municipalities of Athens and Attica as a whole and have been under the microscope of the Authorities, since there are increase in cases in the last 10 days. It raises concern among experts because the epidemiological burden in these areas is not increasing, while the possibility of new strictly local blocking, in order to eliminate mobility and synchronicity.
Critical meeting for schools
Meanwhile, today in the meeting of experts of the Ministry of Health, the Minister of Education will also participate Nikis Kerameos, to decide when and how to open schools safely and with strict rules. The desire and goal of the government is to open schools in January 11 and that was the main reason why Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to take stricter measures for the coronavirus. However, the possibility of doing so is already being discussed. voluntary quick test for teachers and high school students by special units of the Ministry of Health. At the same time, it can be implemented staggered calendar (with a deviation of 15 minutes) for kindergartens and primary schools, to avoid the massive attendance of parents – students.
Extraordinary teleconference of the Holy Synod
The convocation of the Holy Permanent Synod today in 11:00 in the morning The Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece decided by teleconference Jerome, after the imposition of stricter measures for a week that also concern the church. It is recalled that the government’s decision provides for the closure of temples for the faithful, while it will not take place on the day of Epiphany The established sanctification of the waters in the open air, but the service will be performed internally by the priests, but without the presence of believers.
However, the Holy Synod emphasizes that during the holidays in the thousands of Holy Temples, with the care of local metropolitans and pious clergy, all prescribed sanitary measures were observed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Market reactions to the new “hard” blockade
Anger prevails in society, especially in the business world, at the constant coming and going and the absence of uniform rules by the government. Talking to newsbeast.gr the vice president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, Nikos Κουγιουμτζής expressed his your concern for the next day in retail, noting that stores failed to operate on holidays with their method click away and by decision of the government the delivery process at the entrance of the store is suspended. Accept the positive fact that in January the owners of the stores that will remain closed will not pay rent, while the alarms sound Thousands padlocks in the market.
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