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At the end of the night on Thursday, the meetings continued in the Palace of the Maxims, in order to “weigh” the suggestions of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Health and make final decisions, which the prime minister will announce on Friday.
According to information from CNN Greece, the government It is not aimed at the prohibition of moving from prefecture to prefecture for areas located in the “orange”, including Attica. The prohibition of traveling to and from the prefectures remains for areas that are at the “red” level.
However, the government seems to be favoring the closing of bars, restaurants and cafes before midnight. The scenarios that are examined and based on the suggestions of the scientists state that Catering companies must close at 9:00 PM or 10:00 PM.
This decision is combined with extension of the night travel ban. Thus, instead of a travel ban from 00:30 to 05:00, a new time corresponding to half an hour after the closing of restaurants, bars and cafes, that is, starting at 9:30 p.m. or 10:30 p.m. respectively.
At the same time, in the Palace of the Maxima, they are examining the suggestion of scientists for the mandatory use of masks everywhere, that is, both indoors and outdoors, but now throughout the country and not only in the areas “orange” and “red”.
Which areas are “upgraded” to a risk level
Thessaloniki, Larissa and Rodopi spend friday morning in red alarm, as announced by the Vice Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardals.
Since then Friday at 6:00 The measures envisaged for level 4 (Increased Risk) will be applicable with the sole exception, according to Mr. Hardalias, on the issue of land, sea and air connections but also travel to and from these areas, for practical reasons related to citizen planning.
The displacement exemption from the general level 4 measures for these three zones will be valid until Monday at 6am.
Likewise, Mr. Hardalias announced that after today’s extraordinary meeting of the commission responsible for the map of epidemiologists, it was decided that starting at 06:00 on Friday morning they will raise the alarm level and go to level 3, “Orange”, the regional units, Pella, Drama, Evros, Xanthi, Kilkis, Halkidiki, Kavala, Pieria, and Imathia.
Alarm level the municipalities of Messinia and Arcadia rise, from level 1, “green” to level 2, “yellow”.
Read in detail what applies to the “red” and “orange” areas:
Coronavirus: Measures that come into force in the new “red” and “orange” zones
Hardals also pointed out that dealing with the second wave of the pandemic requires preparation, vigilance, immediate reflexes, adding that especially at this stage where data is constantly changing and cases are growing faster, our strategy is also necessary. to adapt accordingly. “
“We are adopting dynamic measures and every day, even at this moment, we are evaluating the real data of our country, but also of Europe and the whole world. The state mechanism is on full alert and every decision is dictated by concern and desire of the government, our epidemiologists and all the people on the front line to reduce the spread, seal the epidemiological multipliers, protect our National from pressures. “Health system, that is, protect our fellow citizens, our fellow men, that surround us ”, he pointed out.
Mr. Hardals also reiterated that “for the good scenario to become a reality again to continue “Our country is an example to follow. We need everyone’s participation.”
“Because this is how we managed to successfully deal with the pandemic, in the spring, and together we can stop the second wave. The next few days are really crucial. We can, it is necessary, we must make a difference again,” concluded Mr. Hardalias .
1,211 new cases
It should be noted that EODY announced on Thursday 1,211 news outbreaks of the new virus in the country, of which 47 associated with known confluences and 35 They were found after checks at the gates of the country. The total number of cases is 35510, of which 55.2% men.
4,043 (11.4%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 12,843 (36.2%) are related to an already known case.
Next to, 114 Our fellow citizens are being treated intubated. Their average age is 65. 34 (29.8%) are women and the rest are men. 91.2% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 284 the patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, we have 12 deaths are still recorded and 615 deaths in the country as a whole. 234 (38.0%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 96.3% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
