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The government and scientists are also on alert consecutive negative records of the last days demonstrate how it spreads coronavirus it gets out of control. Teleconferences happen and new stricter measures are at the doors.
Specifically, on Thursday, at the Maximos Palace Critical decisions are expected to be made on the proposals he made Wednesday night. the Infectious Diseases Committee of the Ministry of Health.
The most critical of the decisions that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is called upon to make concerns the if catering companies will close earlier than currently expected in high-risk areas.
the The Scientific Committee recommended the closure from 22:00 or 23:00, instead of midnight as is the case today.
This decision lies in full relation to the extension of the hours in which night traffic will be prohibited, which is considered crucial for the control of a pandemic.
However, the decision of the catering companies, which have already been greatly affected by the coronavirus, is not easy and the government “weighs” Pros and cons.
At the same time, close traffic ban between prefectures that are on the rise or high “alarm” for the spread of the coronavirus is the country. There is a relevant suggestion from the Infectious Disease Specialists and it is a proposal that seems to be accepted by the government.
At the same time, within the next 24 hours, the decision of “confinement” in Thessaloniki, Larissa and Rodopi.
With the situation out of control in these areas, everything shows that they will be “upgraded” to “red”. Specially for Thessaloniki, there is great concern – the alarm had been sounding for days – and today EODY announced 384 cases, while yesterday the co-equity was only a few cases behind Attica.
It is indicative that on Thursday the president of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, will be in Thessaloniki at the head of the Organization.
Mr. Arkoumaneas will have a meeting at 12:00 with the Mayor of Thessaloniki Konstantinos Zervas, while afterwards he will have a meeting with the Regional Governor of Central Macedonia Apostolos Tzitzikostas.
Short time credit to Attica
About Attica the government has little credit for time. Decisions will be reviewed as soon as 15 days have elapsed since the last measures were taken (they have been in effect since Saturday morning).
However, government sources insist that a new general blockade is not being planned. According to the same cycles, the measures that will be taken will be focused on the area in which each area is located.
Therefore, there are now four areas that are at the “red” alarm level. After Kozani Y Kastoria, at level 4 of the epidemiological alert pass since Thursday, the Janina and the Serres.
It is recalled that for the red zones the current measures seem like a closure, with mandatory use of masks everywhere, suspension of sports and cultural organizations, restaurants. Retail stores, which continue to operate in the red areas, were recently excluded from the suspension.
Nightmare increase in cases and intubated
New negative record cases coronavirus happened in our country today, Wednesday, with condition be be serious as we go the second wave of the pandemic.
Specifically, EODY announced 1,547 news outbreaks of the new virus in the country, of which 78 associated with known confluences and 52 They were found after checks at the gates of the country. The total number of cases is 34,299, of which 55.3% men.
4,003 (11.7%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 12,552 (36.6%) are related to a known case.
Next to, 108 Our fellow citizens are being treated intubated. Their average age is 65. 34 (31.5%) are women and the rest are men. 93.5% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 280 the patients have been discharged from the ICU.
