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Concern and reflection cause the large increase in intubated Patients with Covid-19 disease last twenty four hours, despite the small number of new cases coronavirus compared to the previous days.
Of 170 news cases of the new virus in the country announced by EODY today, Sunday, 89 worries the Attica Region, of which 12 are associated with known influxes, while three cases report recent travel within the country.
According to information, among the areas with a high epidemiological burden are Kato patisia, he Hive, he Sepolia and the Kato Kypseli.
Professor of Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, Manolis Dermitzakis, in a television interview asked the taking new measures setting the goal of “cases drop to 50 in the next month and a half. “
“It is good that the cases stabilize or decrease a little, it is not enough. Many measures are needed, and understandably, now. One measure that could be taken is wearing a mask everywhere, inside and outside, in the center of AthensSaid the professor characteristically speaking with SKAI.
Critical characterized the next period the Professor of Medicine at the University of Patras, Charalambos Gogos, emphasizing that there is currently great pressure on the healthcare system as cases continue to rise, with more Covid-19 patients needing hospitalization, some of them in ICU.
Speaking to the main ANT1 newsletter, Mr. Gogos noted that although “today we had a small reduction in the number of cases […] we have to see that he continues to have a better state of mind against the virus. “
“It just came to our knowledge then The situation is critical and we must do what we can to reverse it, “said Mr. Gogos.
“Reduce the degree of pressure in the system because the most difficult winter season will come, when we will have more difficult situations and the system will be under greater pressure,” he said.
Concerns about flu cases and winter
As he said, starting in mid-autumn it will begin to add to cases of the new coronavirus and those of common flu and other respiratory infections, as well as other common infections that can affect the same vulnerable population.
“At the same time, it is synchronicity to closed spaces, we will lose the advantage of open space, ventilation and all this helps a lot to limit the transmission of the virus ”, the professor of Medicine also pointed out.
“The data we have at the moment is such that it should prompt us to take steps in that direction,” he continued.
Gogos explained what the main objective of the experts on the coronavirus front is, which refers to reducing the spread of the virus in the community.
“If the measures do not lead to where we want, that is, to reduce new cases, from Rt below 1 and we see that things are going, of course there is the next package of measures.”
“There is always a package of measures for each phase,” he said, adding, however, that the measures already taken “are quite strict and we have reasonable hopes of stabilizing the situation and narrowing the spread.”
As has become clear in recent days and as Mr. Gogos repeated “our problem at this time is nreduce dispersion in the community, especially in Attica”.
