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Experts sound the alarm about the course of the pandemic in Greece and the resilience of the health system, pointing out that if the measures are not applied strictly by all, the outlook we see today will worsen.
They express concern about the epidemiological burden in Attica, leaving open the possibility of tightening the measures in the Prefecture, while making special reference to the increase in people who need treatment and the pressure received by the Health system, typically saying that “ICUs have started to shrink “and predicting that in the next few months we could have even 1000 cases of coronavirus per day.
More stringent measures may be necessary
“There is a progressive increase in cases that began in August and especially in Attica, which led us to propose the new measures,” said infectious disease specialist Marios Lazanas.
As you mentioned, speaking to Sky, the instructions are not being followed and that is what led to the new measures.
“The epidemiological burden in Attica is constantly increasing and we are close to hitting the ‘red’, he said, while noting that if the burden in Attica is not reduced, measures may become more stringent.
Mr. Lazanas stressed that the universal use of the mask should already have been done and that the next measures could be the confinement, the generalization of the mask in the open air, while emphasizing that social gatherings and people with disabilities should be limited . underlying diseases to sit more at home.
As you mentioned, there are several elements that can be said that the epidemic is getting worse and these are the daily increase in cases, hospital admissions, intensive treatment needs. He remarked that at this moment the ICUs have started and are “squeezed.” “There is still pressure on the units …” “I am afraid this percentage will increase even more … Young people are also intubated.”
“We can reach 1000 cases a day”
The professor of Environmental Engineering of the Polytechnic School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Demosthenes Sarigiannis, pointed out, speaking in the same medium, that if the measures are not implemented strictly by all, the image we see today will get worse.
“Based on the calculations of the end of October with the change of climate and the change in the contagion of the virus and a number of other factors such as, for example, the simultaneous start of the flu season, etc., leads us to an increase in November even more significant and even more important in December “adding that” if we let it evolve we can reach four-digit case numbers “
Asked if it is possible by the end of the year to reach 1000 cases per day, he stressed that it is possible but estimates that Greek society will understand the importance of the measures.
Mr. Lazanas also pointed out that schools should be opened by all means. “There will be cases, the question is in what percentage we will have cases” while he stressed that this wave is worse than the first because then we were leaving winter while now we are entering winter. “The coronavirus came to settle,” he added.
Regarding the vaccine, he said that “I don’t think it will be ready by the end of the year.”
At the same time, they both pointed out that teleworking should be applied wherever possible.
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