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First day of implementation of the additional restrictive measures in PE Kozani due to the “explosion” of coronavirus cases observed in recent days, with hundreds of close contacts already in quarantine under house arrest.
In the center of Kozani, on the morning of Friday, October 16, there was limited citizen traffic and traffic on the city streets was significantly reduced.
Numerous stores and services have suspended their operation, as provided by the Category 4 Alarm Level where PE Kozani, while the restaurants that opened on Friday morning serve only take-out and home delivery.
The official announcement of Civil Protection is recalled:
Due to the increasing epidemiological burden in the wider Kozani area and following the unanimous proposal today relevant of the Special Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Health, for urgent reasons to address a serious risk to public health and, in particular, to reduce the spread of COID-19 The entire Kozani Regional Unit is configured from tomorrow, 10-16-2020 at 06:00 and for 14 days, until 10-29-2020, in the category Alarm level 4 – Increased risk, in accordance with the Greek Government’s Health, Safety and Protection Charter (https://covid19.gov.gr/).
It should be noted that in the category of alarm level 4 – Increased risk the mandatory use of a mask in all indoor workplaces and in all outdoor areas, he suspension of all meetings in public and private spaces too the ban on movement outside the Kozani Regional Unit.
Too, the operation of the following is suspended:
- Courts, Prosecutors, Mortgage Offices, all kinds of Cadastral Offices and Branches of the “Hellenic Property Registry”
- Archaeological sites, museums, caves
- Live performances and auditions, other performing arts
- Movie screenings
- Rehearsals, Television and Cinematography: Suspended Film and Television Filming – Videoconference Essays
- Nightclubs including banquets, catering, bars
- Musical stage
- Attention [επιτρέπεται η λειτουργία μόνο υπηρεσιών παροχής προϊόντων σε πακέτο από το κατάστημα (take away), διανομής προϊόντων (delivery) και drive-through]
- Playgrounds
- All kinds of games and training [επιτρέπεται μόνο η ατομική άθληση]
- Gyms
- Fairs-Sunday markets and other markets of article 2 of Law 4497/2017 (A ‘171)
- Retail
- Hairdressers, personal care services, etc.
- Conferences / Exhibitions
- Amusement and theme park services
It is observed that The operation of schools and all kinds of educational structures continues with the mandatory use of masks everywhere, while for Higher Education Institutions (IES) only tele-education will be applied.
In relation to the operation of the following: public services, private companies, transportation, food stores (for example, supermarkets, mini-markets, bakeries, butchers, fishmongers), public markets, places of worship / religious ceremonies, hospitals, hospitals, Centers , Elderly care units, centers for the chronically ill, structures and shelters for vulnerable groups, temporary shelters for the homeless, social structures for the immediate treatment of poverty (dormitories, nurseries, social groceries, public pharmacies, public pharmacies), public pharmacies, camps, driver training activities and vehicle inspection services are applied as provided in Government Gazette, Edition B, 4484 / 10-11-2020.
Managed STRONG RECOMMENDATION to the inhabitants of the wider Kozani area to take special care and strictly observe all self-protection measures of COVID-19 infection.
The Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, pointed out about this evolution: «We are in a very critical phase of the pandemic. Activation of alarm level 4 for Kozani, always on the advice of our experts, sounds the alarm for all of us, across the country. Our decision was based on the highest levels of the cumulative number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants over a 14-day period that exceeded the criteria adopted by the EU, the continuous increase in the daily number of new cases, the widespread evidence of widespread detection and community, the more than 220 active cases and their 554 close contacts that are isolated, but also the dozens of small controlled, but dangerous conglomerates scattered throughout the area.
I appeal to the people of Kozani to be especially careful in the days ahead. It is essential that we are fully committed to adherence to the measures. By ensuring the implementation of the measures, we are safeguarding our own health, our own life. “It’s the only way to deal with the pandemic, it’s the only way out of this really dangerous situation.”
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