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Open the possibility closure extension, in case the country does not return to the September case levels (pp. 200 – 400 cases), the government spokesperson left on Friday, Stelios Petsas, referring to the measures announced by the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“It was a time when we could live with the virus the September season with 200 to 400 cases, without much pressure on the NSS. By this criterion we say that We need to return to a level of cases that have shown that they can meet a satisfactory burden for the Health System.“That won’t put him in danger,” said Mr. Petsas in the morning news of ANT1, answering a question about what are the criteria that will make us at the end of the month say that we are relaxed.
Referring to the Prime Minister’s decisions, the government spokesman said they were taken, “because we wanted to prevent developments before they catch us.”
“A small wave became a wave and this wave became a tsunami to drown the National Health System. That is why the prime minister decided not to wait for the measures he took last week to be fulfilled. “We act immediately to reduce the cases and to tame this wave that was very dangerous at the end of the month,” he emphasized.
Concern for ICUs
However, Mr. Petsas made a disturbing prediction on the subject of ICU.
He characteristically said: “As it seemed from the last few days and the increase in cases we had, in the next few days we hope to fill 150 ICUs just from the waves of the last days.
For the extraordinary allocation of 800 euros
THE Stelios Petsas He also referred to financial assistance from the government to those with suspended employment. by subsidy up to 800 euros He replied that the amount had increased because of the perceived pressure on income.
“We hope that the new measures bear fruit, so that we can have a regularity towards the holidays.” That is why the subsidy will be delivered in December, before Christmas, ”he said.
He stressed that the government is doing what it can to cover as many citizens as possible, such as the long-term unemployed, while announcing that announcements are expected today for Public Sector employees. For workers in the artistic field, he replied that the Ministry of Culture is trying to create a register, by the nature of the profession, with precision, but it is not yet in the evaluation phase.
Finally, the government representative He also responded to criticism from the opposition, saying that since the start of the pandemic until now, the government has recruited 7,000 to the NSS.
