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On foot are the government and the experts too heavy epidemiological burden in large urban centers it is of particular concern. In the “eye of the cyclone” seems to be the Thessaloniki, while the British mutation spreads out of control.
In Thessaloniki, as well as in Patras and Kozani, a government unit will rush in, while already at the suggestion of the Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Health, the government decided “freeze “the opening of retail trade.
However, for this weekend the inter-municipal movement, which makes citizens take advantage of the good weather to “breath of freedom». Thus, Nea Paralia was full of people, although due to its size there are no particularly crowded phenomena. Many went for a walk or bike ride, while some set up fishing poles.
Data “alarm”
According to the data, your daily concentration trend continues to increase coronavirus in your sewage Thessaloniki, reflecting an important deterioration of the epidemiological picture of the city and a great spread of the virus in the community that remember the days of november.
Scientific data shows that the British strain, much more contagious of the virus, has prevailed in the city, in the percentage of 90% of the analyzes of the sample, while in the last days it remains higher number of patient admissions with COVID-19 in Thessaloniki hospitals and ICU hospitalizations.
The data comes from research conducted by the AUTh Wastewater Epidemiology Team with EYATH, in collaboration with the Central Macedonia Region and within the EODY National Network and presents the APE-MPE.
Regarding the evolution of measurements from samples taken daily upon entry Thessaloniki sewage treatment plant, with respect to the rationalized values of relative viral load secretion, the average value of the two most recent measurements, that is, Wednesday 03/31 and Thursday 04/01 are:
- Increased by 25% compared to the average value of the two immediately previous measurements, that is, Monday 03/29 and Tuesday 03/30.
- Increased by 64% compared to the average price of Wednesday 24/3 and Thursday 25/3.
AUTh Rector Nikos Papaioannou: We are approaching alarm levels
“The big picture of the high viral load prices in wastewater, the prevalence of significantly more contagious mutations, and the large number of cases and admissions in city hospitals now shows that we are approaching alarm levels,” the rector of the AUTh told APE. -MPE, chief scientist of the research team, Prof. Nikos Papaioannou.
“It is our individual responsibility not to relive the dramatic situations we experienced in the city last November.” The weariness of society from prolonged restrictions, the need for people to go out, meet friends and loved ones is perfectly reasonable, but at this time the protection of the highest good, the very life of our friends, our loved ones is paramount, “he said.
Regarding the course of the epidemiological curve in wastewater, the professor of Chemistry of the AUTh, Thodoris Karapantsios, he explained:
“Unfortunately, for another two days in a row, we recorded a further increase in the viral load in the city’s wastewater.” Prices after environmental rationalization correspond to those recorded in the first week of November 2020. Because in outbreak phase of the disease, sewage may catch the picture a little earlier than medical surveillance, the situation is particularly worrying. “
Regarding the clinical picture, the professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Manolis Roilidis stressed:
“In recent days, the number of admissions of COVID-19 patients in Thessaloniki hospitals and ICU hospitalizations continues to increase. City hospitals have started adding COVID-19 beds to existing ones. “We hope that with the increase in the vaccination rate at younger ages and in vulnerable people, the serious diseases and hospital admissions observed today will decrease.”
British mutation intercepted South African
In the last four months, almost weekly, the sewage samples are analyzed through the methodology developed by the association of AUTh, EYATH and CERTH. The methodology, through the analysis of the genomes of the virus in wastewater, gives a complete picture of the evolution of its mutations in the population of Thessaloniki.
“It is important to note that since January we have had a steady increase in mutations related to British executive, which in the last samples seems to have exceeded 90% of the total. “On the contrary, it should be noted that the mutations of the African strain, which most concern scientists in terms of its coverage by vaccines, are currently detected at levels below 1%,” Professor Anagnostis Argyriou told APE-MPE . Director of the Institute of Applied Life Sciences of CERTH.
“Optimizing the virus condensation process from a large volume of wastewater now allows us to have great precision in estimating the frequency in the community of stakeholders of special interest. The rapid rise of the British executive appears to have contributed to the suppression South African domination. His constant vigilance South African strain of the AUTh / CERTH team is particularly important, since there is concern about the degree of effectiveness of current vaccines in its treatment ”, he clarified yes. Professor of Molecular Microbiology at the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Chrysostomos Dovas.
The coronavirus evaluation methodology in municipal waste, developed by the AUTh team, streamlines the measurements of the virus genome concentration based on 24 environmental factors, which can alter the measurement results.
