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The decision to close schools It was difficult. Like most of the last ones the government has received. The prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, also admitted it. All the background.
In the past 24 hours, the interaction between infectious disease specialists and the prime minister’s staff has been more intense than ever. The unbearable pressure on the Health system and the non-reduction of cases made the urgent need to take new measures, painful for both citizens and the economy.
Saturday noon Nationwide School Closures Officially Announcedfrom the Minister of Health, Vassilis Kikilias, the Minister of Education, Niki Kerameos and the Minister of the Interior, Takis Theodorikakos, new packages will arrive in the near future to reduce movements and achieve the goal of opening the market at Christmas.
This decision, however, was not easy. Government sources speaking in Newsbomb.gr He stressed that there were two inhibiting factors that this measure had not been implemented today. On the one hand the schools, according to the available data they were not outbreaks On the other hand, the cost to the state would be high, as a new round of special-purpose permits would have to be issued for which money would be raised from state coffers.
On the other hand, given that the situation with the cases reached the point of no return, the government expected to see the effectiveness of each measure every 10 days with 15 days, and as mentioned above, schools were not a problem. However, this became apparent after the ban in Athens and Thessaloniki, where despite the closure there was an increase in traffic on the streets in the morning and at noon.
This was because the parents went to pick up their children from school respectively. However, infectious disease specialists had identified that these movements carry risks, especially in the context of a broader ban. So, after many long meetings, on Friday afternoon they suggested to the government that the next steps it would take should slash travel.
Thus, we come to the “lock” in all schools.
The self-critical Mitsotaki
At the same time, the recent debate in Parliament, which was marked by intense political controversy, led the Prime Minister to exercise his self-criticism on the management of the second wave of the pandemic.
“The country managed to stop the first wave of the pandemic because we all mobilized in a common effort,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, noting that citizens first complied with the measures.
“I understand that we have difficulties to agree on the figures, as the opposition insists that there are fewer recruits and beds than the government says.” The Prime Minister stressed, citing the words of Ms Kotanidou, that the intensivists have been calling for an increase in ICU beds and staff for the past 25 years.
“All human efforts have been made so that we can strengthen ICUs with beds and staff”, said the Prime Minister.
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