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The third day in a row with a four-digit number of cases supports the concerns of the expert committee, which is expected to present its suggestions to the government. The possibility of taking further action is possible, after the crescendo of the relevant statements of the committee members. The government, however, through Hardalia, insisted that it is not trying to harden the measures.
In 1,070 New cases of coronavirus in the country are increasing in the last 24 hours, according to information from EODY. During the same period, 25 deaths, with the number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic that reaches them 5,903. At the same time in 249 intubated patients in ICU.
Of the above cases, 533 are in Attica (612 yesterday) and 87 in Thessaloniki (83 yesterday). The daily tests were 44,396 (yesterday 38,696) and the positivity was 2.41% (yesterday 2.97%).
New infections in the Basin and on the PE Islands:
- 76 East Attica
- 58 from the northern sector of Athens
- West Attica 24
- 101 from the western sector of Athens
- 129 of the Central Sector of Athens
- 80 of the South Sector of Athens
- 64 from Piraeus
- 1 of the PE of Islands.
The announcement in detail:
Today we announce 1070 news cases of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), of which one He was located after the controls at the gates of the country. The total number of cases is 160935, of which 51.9% men. During the follow-up it was found that 6,002 (3.7%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 50,974 (62.9%) are related to an already known case.
249 individuals are treated intubated. Their average age is 70 years. 179 (71.9%) of those intubated are men. 85.5% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older.1149 patients have been discharged from the ICU since the beginning of the pandemic.
Finally, we have 25 New deaths from COVID-19 disease, reaching them 5903 deaths in the country as a whole, of which 3473 (58.8%) were 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.
Mutated strains
“The genomic analysis of 96 samples corresponding to the period from December 28 to January 18, 2021 and from Structures of the Central Macedonia Region was completed. Of the total of 96 samples tested, 74 met the stringent quality criteria required for analysis and the final test was successfully completed. The test revealed a total of 1 positive sample for the strain VOC 202012/01 (Lineage B.1.1.7) which was located in a Health Center in Thessaloniki.
In our country, a total of 205 positive samples for the mutant strain B.1.1.7 / UK lineage and one sample for the mutant strain Lineage B.1.351 / South Africa of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been identified “.
Scientists are calling for action
With increasing intensity, epidemiologists and specialists in infectious diseases describe the situation in Attica as borderline, suggesting openly or indirectly the adoption of measures, judging that the epidemiological burden that is forming in recent days can acquire unpredictable dimensions.
On behalf of the government, the Vice Minister of Civil Protection Nikos HardalsHowever, he spoke of hardening of existing measures: “It is not about panic, it is about absolute vigilance, it is not about hardening of the measures, it is about faithful and strict compliance with existing ones.” [Διαβάστε]
Due to the risk of “Portugueseization”, spoke the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association Athanasios Exadaktylos. “We have no room to wait, and ‘to see it.’ Close schools. Holds machines and ‘reverse at full speed’ so that we are not in the place of Portugal. “We have the ability to avoid it,” he said. [Διαβάστε]
His attitude is also worrying Nikos Sypsas (to ANT1): “The data is catastrophic in Attica, not only worrying, we do not have many options, if we want to prevent the events,” he said in reference to the data published yesterday by Sotiris Tsiodras, ensuring that at the Commission meeting “all issues will be on the table.”
The professor said that “lately we have been receiving many reports of outbreaks in schools”, adding that “schools reflect the community epidemic” and warning that according to the evidence “the British mutation may infect more children”. in Attica, he said the issue was raised at the previous meeting, but data from transportation experts showed that, “if we close at 6, we will have a huge crowd.”
THE Charalambos Gogos, in statements to Mega, pointed out that the main issue is to keep hospitals “sterile”, that is, “not to let the coronavirus enter them.” Referring to the prospect of the blockade, he noted: “We will see the hard blockade.” Everything is on the table right now. [Διαβάστε]
The immediacy in the adoption of any possible measure was also Alkiviadis Vatopoulos“If something is to be done, it must be done immediately.” According to the professor (who spoke with SKAI), the implementation of the traffic ban before 21:00 is on the table, however, the difficulty of implementing such a measure is taken into account due to the large number of citizens in Athens .
Finally, the professor of Genetics at the University of Geneva expressed his concern about the increase in cases, Manolis Dermitzakis, referring to “a strong increase over last week”, which, as he said, “was due to the behaviors of people who are tired.”
He noted that “there is practically no traffic restriction during the day” and said: “In the first wave people were afraid of the virus. But they also had the feeling that the sms is controlled. Now one can send 8 sms to move.”
The government spokesman, Christos Tarantilis“The pandemic is a dynamic phenomenon and it means that the data is changing, not from day to day, but from hour to hour, and generally for the worse,” he said.
After tonight’s meeting of experts, on Friday there will be a Commission proposal and then the decisions will be made by the Prime Minister. Any decision will be announced in the afternoon, during the regular briefing by Nikos Hardalia.
