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Given is now considered the extension of confinement in the country and after November 30 due to the epidemiological picture in the whole territory also the second wave of the coronavirus continue being extremely aggressive creating suffocating pressure at National system of health.
In the first week of application of the blockade, cases increased by 33.3% and in the second week by 26%, which marks a elemental reduction in the growth rate of new infections. It is observed that only when the growth rate is zero, the epidemic curve will flatten.
Revealing the suffocating pressure on the healthcare system are the numbers of intubated. In the first week of application of blockade, intubated patients increased by 71.4% and by 54.5% in the second week.
According to the latter secure information from CNN Greece, the coronavirus patients hospitalized in the country are 4,090. Of these, 545 are admitted to ICU-covid, of which 535 intubated.
The number of intubations indicates the ongoing burden on the healthcare system, with the integrity of the total number of ICUs available at 82%.
In particular, according to the latest informal information from the Ministry of Health, they operate throughout the country. 1,220 ICU beds, of which 1,000 are employed and 220 are unemployed. THE integrity of ICU-COVID in the territory is in percentage 85%.
The ICU-COVID that meet your needs Thessalonikiincluding Halkidiki, Katerini and Kavala hospitals is currently 218. Of these, 210 are occupied and 8 are vacant, with the I complete it touch the 96%.
In their hospitals Attica, the ICU-COVID available are 218, of which 45 are vacant, with I complete it play the 79.5%.
The government spokesman, Stelios PetsasHe said that next week we will see what the plan should be for the gradual lifting of the measures. Mr. Petsas said that “we never talk about a specific calendar, we talk about the phases of a gradual return to a form of normalcy in December”, and that the end of the blockade on December 1 is unrealistic.
The statement of the Minister of Health, Vassilis Kikilias, was similar. in Antenna’s main newsletter, which estimated that with the current epidemiological picture It is clear that the confinement will be extended, but he clarified that he is also awaiting the decisions of the scientists..
“We go day by day, a stricter confinement cannot be ruled out”
Although the RT transmission is decreasing, The clear downward trend, however, reflects the course of the previous 10 days, which means that we cannot know how it will develop in the next few days, so, we cannot say, if we decide on a tougher ban.
This answer was given by the EKPA professor and member of the Expert Committee Gikas Majorkinis in CNN Greece question, in the update on Friday, November 20. To the same question, the Vice Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardaliaς, affirmed “let’s stay in the data we have and day by day to assess the situation».
Professor of Microbiology and member of the Expert Committee, Athanasios Tsakris, clarified in a television interview that “probably elusive to end the blockade on December 1, very difficult, a little later some restrictions can be lifted … We will see if the children can go back to primary school ”.
“I am optimistic. We will see if the slowdown continues., There is a drop in the active reproduction rate we will wait a few days to make some recommendations. The fall (ss of cases) will be small and gradual if we succeed and if they do not believe us new data the weather conditions“He estimated.
