Coronians: Lockdown and after November 30 – The plan for Christmas

The possibility of lifting the closure on November 30 is ruled out once and for all, as the coronavirus spreads in the community and the contagion rate remains extremely high.

As everything shows, the three-week lockdown announced by the Prime Minister will be extended by at least one to two weeks.

Of course, it is noted that everything will be judged from this week. This was stated yesterday by Gikas Majorkinis and Vana Papaevangelou, during the information on the murder, when both spoke of a difficult week. At the same time, according to Ms. Papaevangelou, if all goes well next week, we may have reason to smile.

In any case, it appears that this will not be enough to lift the quarantine later this month. According to the government’s MEGA report, they point out that on November 30 it is not possible to open the country, so the closure will continue until December 7 or 14.

Despite the fact that in recent days the figures are quite low, the data once again show an exponential increase, something that will be reflected in the cases of the next few days, which will be a peak in the figures and pressure on the health system.

How to remove the lock

The goal of Maximos, when the pandemic allows it, is to open schools, elementary schools, secondary schools and high schools first, and then retail.

From now on, the goal is to carefully plan the next steps, although it is true that this year’s Christmas will not resemble those of previous years.

As for Thessaloniki, authorities identified the parties as responsible for a rapid increase in cases, and government sources noted that local and local authorities had been notified.

The “bet” of tourism has failed worldwide

The government insists that the opening of tourism is not responsible for the pandemic situation in the country.

They point out that there was an “experiment” around the world, to see if we could live with the coronavirus and the open economy.

According to the same sources, this “experiment” failed worldwide.

Petsas at MEGA: With shops open at Christmas

Government spokesman Stelios Petsas spoke indirectly to MEGA about the extension of the shutdown.

“Maximos intends on November 30 to lift some measures of the lockdown, with students being the first to return to schools.” “Then retail will open up and last on the list is catering,” he said.

The government spokesman said that this week we expect the cases to stabilize, while the decline will begin next week.

According to him, this withdrawal will allow the government to make a first plan to lift the restrictive measures.

Mr. Petsas emphasized that if there is an escalation of cases, there will be a gradual return to normality, always with restrictions, but not based on confinement. In fact, he noted that stores, if all goes well, are expected to open after the first ten days of December.

An important factor in this direction is that “we all follow the measures”. “The objective is not to always be closed but to return to normal life.”

In any case, according to epidemiologists in our country, confinement for the time being – until vaccination begins – is the only measure to stop the pandemic.

Locking the “accordion” in the spotlight again

In fact, as mentioned in the past, scientists appear to be finding a solution to the “accordion” of lockdown, with which, if implemented, we will learn to live until the first half of 2021.

By December 15, schools, retail and catering are expected to have gradually opened.

Although experts say the news will be good by then, as soon as the holidays are over, if necessary, we may be driven into a new lockdown from January 10 to early February.

Most likely, experts say, the quarantine will be necessary from early March to April.

Since the beginning of April, the lockdown seems to have finally ended.

The rise in temperature and the fact that a large percentage of the population will have been vaccinated, are expected to be “keys” to open the door and never close again with any quarantine.

The goal is for a large portion of the country’s population to be vaccinated by Easter 2021, perhaps 50%, and to have begun the gradual return to normalcy.

The situation in Greece

It should be remembered that today EODY announced 2,422 new cases of coronavirus, of which 6 were detected after controls at the gates of the country.

For the umpteenth day in a row, Thessaloniki emerges as the “champion” of the cases, which is at an extremely critical inflection point in terms of the evolution of the pandemic, and Attica also presents a worrying picture.

Of the 2,422 cases announced by the National Public Health Organization in the last 24 hours, 595 are registered in Thessaloniki, while Attica is on alert with 513 cases.

Larissa is in a very difficult situation with 159 cases, while Serres had 103 confirmed cases of the deadly virus.

Another 87 cases are detected in Drama, 76 in Pella and 62 in Imathia.

Like every day, today the dispersion in Greece is very great.

Analytically:

• (6) cases during controls carried out at the gates of the country,
• (3) imported cases, which occurred voluntarily.
• 513 cases from the Attica region
• 595 PE Thessaloniki cases.
• 17 cases of PE Etoloakarnania
• 1 box of PE Andros
• 2 cases of PE Argolida
• 2 cases of PE From Arcadia
• 4 cases of PE Arta
• 34 cases of PE from acaya
• 15 cases of PE Βοιωτίας
• 30 cases of PE Grevena
• 87 cases of PE Drama
• 49 cases of PE Evros
• 12 cases of PE From Evia
• 3 cases of PE Evritania
• 1 box of PE Zakynthos
• 10 cases of PE from ilia
• 62 PE Imathia cases
• 20 cases of PE Heraklion
• 1 box of Sick PE
• 1 box of PE Thesprotia
• 1 box of PE Θήρας
• 17 cases of PE Ioannina
• 36 cases of PE Kavala
• 1 box of PE Kalymnos
• 11 cases of PE Karditsa
• 18 cases of PE Kastoria
• 3 cases of PE Kea-Kythnos (Kea)
• 15 cases of PE Corfu
• 48 cases of PE Kilkis
• 24 cases of PE Kozani
• 11 cases of PE Corinth
• 3 cases of PE Kos
• 2 cases of PE Laconia
• 159 PE cases from Larissa
• 2 cases of PE Lassithi
• 11 cases of PE Lesbos
• 10 cases of PE Lemnos
• 42 cases of PE Magnesia
• 11 cases of PE from messenia
• 32 cases of PE Xanthi
• 76 PE Pella cases
• 14 PE Pieria cases
• 5 cases of PE Preveza
• 3 cases of PE from Rethymno
• 39 cases of PE Rodopi
• 12 cases of PE Rhodes
• 103 cases of PE Serres
• 2 cases of sporadic PE
• 1 box of PE Syros
• 17 cases of PE Trikala
• 24 cases of PE Fthiotida
• 58 cases of PE Florina
• 5 cases of PE Φωκίδας
• 52 cases of PE from Halkidiki
• 12 cases of PE Chania
• 3 cases of PE Chios
• 71 cases under investigation

More than 78,000 cases in total

Thus, the total number of cases is 78,825, of which 53.8% are men, while 4,685 (5.9%) are considered related to travel from abroad and 20,225 (25.7%) are related to a case already known.

In addition, 443 of our fellow citizens are being treated by intubation. Their average age is 65. 143 (32.3%) are women and the rest are men. 81.5% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 392 patients have been discharged from the ICU.

Finally, we have 63 more registered deaths and 1,228 total deaths in the country. 502 (40.9%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our dying fellow citizens was 80 years and 97.2% had some underlying disease and / or 70 years or more.

Age distribution

The average age of the cases is 41 years (range 0 to 104 years), while the average age of death is 80 years (range 25 to 103 years). The age distribution of (a) total cases, (b) cases that resulted in death, and (c) patients treated by intubation is as follows:

Geographic dispersion

The map shows the geographical distribution of total COVID-19 cases (since the beginning of the epidemic) by Regional Unit of the country, according to the declared address of permanent residence of the patient, or the address of temporary residence for tourists and other temporary residents. in Greece. It includes both cases with a travel history (“imported”) and cases with possible national transmission.