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“The outbreak of the pandemic must find us all allies, to avoid the risk of blockade. The main objective of the municipality of Serres is reduce the outbreak of cases. The next few days are very critical to stopping the spread of the coronavirus. That is why we receive new and drastic measures in the first phase for a week. The control mechanisms of the Municipality are non-existent but we will give all the forces that we have for the joint effort ”, underlined the mayor of Serres, Alexandros Chrysafis.
You can tell that on Sunday in the city they recorded me 49 cases of which 11 are associated with known confluences, while 11 report contact with a confirmed case.
Specifically, the municipality of Serres in order to protect public health proceed for a week to the following measures:
– Suspension of operation of all municipal sports facilities.
– Suspension of concession school and municipal areas in sports and cultural clubs.
-Suspension of all DIPETHE performances.
-Suspension of departments of the KEDIS School of Adult Dance and Gymnastics.
In addition, during the meeting the following actions were decided:
-Supply 8 ports for precise temperature measurement, to be installed at the entrances of the Town Hall and all municipal spaces.
-Supply 6,500 multipurpose cloth masks, to be distributed to students and teachers of the first phase of secondary education.
– Activation of volunteer groups for social actions.
-Grid design electronic services of DIPETHE, KEDIS and the Health and Welfare Directorate of the Municipality of Serres.
-Information campaign aimed at raise public awareness of compliance measures.
-Daily disinfection of playgrounds.
Reinforcement of the Police with Municipal Police personnel and municipal services and the Region for the establishment of additional levels of mixed control.
It is observed that the EODY mobile unit will remain in Serres throughout the week to continue conducting free rapid tests for coronavirus.
Hardalias: The situation is critical
The epidemiological picture of Serres was at the center of a meeting on Sunday morning with the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalia to emphasize how the situation is critical in the area and that the authorities are on alert and on alert.
As the Undersecretary said, there are in the area 239 assets cases, with large movements to other areas in the vast majority of them, while 442 high-risk close contacts.
“The situation is critical, we are advancing with the intensification of controls, informing the public and without discount in situations of anarchy ”said Mr. Hardalias, clarifying however that the area is not yet included in the Category 4, as the purpose of the meeting was to avoid blocking.
“Our direct allies are young people”he stressed, asking them to fight together to limit the spread of the coronavirus. “The region has shown in the first phase of the pandemic that it can win it,” he added.
Furthermore, Mr. Hardalias pointed out that At the moment, it is not about closing the schools, since, as he said, they do not show internal confusion..
“It’s a question of where the children will be if schools are closed. Schools around the world close last. However, we remain vigilant,” he said.
Regarding them dining areas, the undersecretary pointed out that the controls by the police and the health authorities will be even more intense, highlighting that the issue of the outbreak of the epidemic “is closely related to entertainment and this is clear and must be.” to confess, looking all citizens in the eye as we do from the first moment ”.
For his part, the president of EODY, Panayiotis ΑρκουμανέαςHe stressed in his statements that the objective of the tests carried out these days by the EODY crews in the central square of Serres, is to find positive cases and isolate them, so that there is no transmission of the virus -and not to put the city on lockdown. He urged citizens to continue to attend the outdoor workshops and get tested, as this is the only way to reduce the spread of the virus.
Sir. Αρκουμανέας Likewise, he pointed out that around 25,000 tests are carried out daily throughout Greece and that “regardless of the category in which an area is located, everyone must comply with the protection measures against the transmission of the coronavirus and listen to the advice of specialists».
“We want the measures in Serres, Thessaloniki and northern Greece to work next week,” he stressed.
According to the president of EODY, the latest data shows that there is some correlation between Thessaloniki and Serres and neighboring municipalities are expected to receive more pressure in the next period, while he said that the average age of cases in both areas is low, remaining between 28 and 29 years old, so this shows that there is a lot of tension and pressure, both in young people and in the elderly population.
The Governor of Central Macedonia Apostle Tzitzikostas, in his statements indicated that in the next few hours, the control mechanisms of the Region, the municipalities and the police, intensify with the main objective of the faithful and strict accordance of meters that have been received and that also apply in the city of Serres which is in stage 3.
THE governor He also stressed that the objective of today’s meeting is to avoid a new blockade, which will be difficult for the local community and the economy, and must be avoided by all means.
