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The viral load in Attica sewage is increasing alarmingly in recent days, revealed EKPA Professor of Analytical Chemistry Nikos Thomaidis, who has been monitoring these figures with his scientific team since the start of the pandemic.
As Mr. Thomaidis said on THEMA radio, “On Sunday we again saw an increase in the viral load in the sewer, something that is worrying and shows us that the cases are in the range of 50 to 60 thousand.”
According to Thomaidis, with these data, “yes, a March-type quarantine will not happen again, because nobody wants it, but Attica is following the current regime in Thessaloniki, if the measures are not implemented.”
He noted that “the wastewater is looking at where things will go a few days before the EODY tests” and clarified that “we saw for example a sharp increase in viral load on October 20, something that was reflected in the EODY cases. some days after”. ».
According to the data, “last week we had a stability in the viral load, which corresponded to 30 to 40 thousand cases”. As he said, “every morning we take the samples from the day before and send them to the infectious diseases committee and the public health committee.”
Thomaidis said that “if the measures are implemented, the dissemination will stop.” But because the activity continues and we will certainly not see what we had in May when the virus disappeared.
Source: skai.gr
