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With the current map change and specifically the redistribution of many areas in terms of risk levels, a critical period for our country begins.
The course of the coronavirus in the next two weeks and the observance or not of the measures will decide whether the government will proceed with even stricter measures.
Of course, as the Minister of Health, Vassilis Kikilias had said, there are many weapons in the quiver of the specialists before the closure, which together with the closure of schools will be the last resort.
At the same time, despite the number of cases being reduced yesterday (790), daily diagnoses remain high.
In addition, the virus continues to mercilessly “hit” Attica and Thessaloniki, that is, where the majority of cases are found.
The day everything will be judged for the coronavirus
According to epidemiologists, the crucial day will be next Monday, November 9, when experts will sit at the table to review the data and see if the latest measures work.
November 9 is considered a good date to have a clearer epidemiological picture of the areas that have entered the orange and red level.
In the next 14 days after the implementation of the universal use of the mask and the prohibition of night traffic, the scientists will study the statistical data and if the worst scenarios are confirmed, then they will suggest to the government:
Traffic ban outside the prefecture or even outside Greece
· Closing of restaurants from 9:00 p.m.
Travel restriction for citizens over 65
On the table the ban on traveling to level areas
In particular, although the “travel ban” only applies to areas that have been included in level 4 “Greater risk”, the proposal to extend this measure to areas located in level 3 “Greater surveillance”, including indicatively Attica, Thessaloniki, Achaia and Heraklion.
The example of Central Macedonia is indicative, as the epidemiological burden is recorded as “heavy” in Thessaloniki and Serres, while, for example, Veria and Katerini remain in the yellow zones. 
The appeal directed by the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias to the residents of the area in view of the next festive days (Agios Dimitrios festival and October 28) is indicative of those who come in case the citizens do not show discipline, in the face of criticism . country. “We have to pay attention to any movement.
Suggestions for restricting travel for citizens over 65 have also been put on the table.
This measure would act in a preventive and protective way for the specific age group and, of course, would naturally protect the SEN, which according to the experts’ forecasts will receive more pressure in the winter.
In any case, the above measures will be applied only if the cases continue to increase rapidly, since the main problem is not to reach a point that cannot be managed by the health system.
Hospitals will not be able to manage 2,000 daily cases
“The number of cases (coronavirus) is much higher than reality,” said Matina Pagoni, president of the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Physicians Association (EINAP).
As he explained, “if we wanted to say how many are sick in Greece, we should do a test for the entire Greek population.”
At the same time, Ms. Pagoni pointed out that if the measures are not implemented, we will exceed 1,000 cases, while 2,000 cases per day will not be able to be treated in hospitals. 
Speaking to SKAI, he expressed concern about the increase in the number of deaths and highlighted that the mask is the most basic.
Referring to local closures, he said they had to be done to control the situation and limit the spread to other cities.
Regarding the images crowded in nightclubs, he stressed that in crowded nightclubs an asymptomatic person can put another 100.
What went so wrong in Thessaloniki?
“Everything went wrong” is the disarming response of the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association and member of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Health for the coronavirus, Athanasios Exadaktylos in Free Press, on the situation in northern Greece.
He stressed that Macedonia and Thrace are adjacent to many Balkan countries, whose citizens come to Greece as agricultural workers or do business with Greeks. In addition, in August there was a large wave of road tourists from both the Balkans and Central European countries, “he added, adding that despite the measures, communication with the rest of the country had continued normally in recent months. “Only Thessaloniki continues to have five daily flights to Athens,” he stressed.
According to him, for the generalized bad image, it is said that the relaxation of the citizenship played a great role, many of which in the August-September two-month period “returned to protest, protesting with marches, going to festivals and various events, without observing protection measures “. 
“We have been saying this to the committee since the beginning of August and we have been trying to get the attention of citizens. We didn’t have to relax. He shouldn’t have gotten carried away in the summer. “We said it ourselves, we heard it ourselves,” he said.
Referring especially to Thessaloniki, he estimated that its inhabitants have been victims of its success during the previous months. Thessaloniki, hearing the “bravo” of Sotiris Tsiodras, began to do what he did not do until then. “The festivals and events have started,” he said. In fact, he made special reference to the return of students to higher education institutions in the city.
Characteristically, the eruption of cases in Thessaloniki began to register exactly ten days after the start of deliveries at the city’s universities. And it is not only the chronological identification of the increase in cases, but also the age, since the second wave especially affects young people and, in fact, in Thessaloniki the average age of the cases is 28 years.
In Kozani the measures went for a walk
As for Kozani, Mr. Exadaktylos transmitted the information he had, according to which, its inhabitants had completely neglected the protection measures, although they had been particularly affected in the spring by the first wave of the coronavirus.
“Cases were found in all activities: private sector, public sector, PPC, catering, supermarkets, etc. There was nowhere where a case had not been detected. In Kozani and Kastoria we have to look for the causes of the cross-border movement with neighboring countries, mainly of land workers. The spread of cases in the two specific areas is so heterogeneous and so great that it could not be easily controlled. “That is exactly why they were closed,” he said.
New cases of coronavirus in Serres nursing home – Area is in “red”
The coronavirus shows its teeth, and the number of cases remains high. The pandemic is already on the brink of collapse, with some areas “dangerously loaded” with cases.
Serres in particular is an area that has caused special concern to the authorities, since they collect more than 200 active cases. In fact, on Sunday morning there were Nikos Hardalias and Panagiotis Arkoumaneas.
In his speech in the program “The time of the MEGA society”, the mayor of Serres, Alexandros Chrysafis, referred to the new cases that arose from the nursing home in the area, pointing out that the seven elderly people who fell ill are in good health. been and are being treated at the AHEPA in Thessaloniki.
“It is one of the phenomena that we wanted to avoid.”
Regarding yesterday’s extraordinary meeting in the municipality, in the presence of the Vice Minister of Civil Protection and the President of EODY, Mr. Chrysafis highlighted that the next 10 critical days were discussed and how the area can avoid a local closure.
“We are trying to avoid a general blockade in the area.” What has been decided is that we all coordinate. “
The mayor of Serres pointed out that most cases are detected at an early age, and controls are intensified in the city.
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