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From lowest to highest it will be the time of the return of the stores to the festive regularity, with the necessary condition the universal use of mask, as the processes for its peak formation restart roadmap of the economy during the holiday season. In describing the government’s intention to proceed with a gradual reopening of stores and services, the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiades He argued yesterday that the main thing at this stage is the control of the pandemic, leaving open for the first time the possibility that even the Attention during the holiday season.
“The Infectious Diseases Committee will tell us when the restaurant will open,” said the Minister of Public Works, noting the findings of scientists at the stage of tracking the cases, according to which the Catering industry decisively contributed in the spread of the virus.
The above finding reduces the certainties regarding restart dates and the professions that will enter the Christmas orbit, when in reality the final decisions will not be made by government personnel immediately, that is, after tomorrow’s meeting with specialists in infectious diseases, but also visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday in Thessaloniki, to see for themselves the pressure on city hospitals, talking to doctors and nurses on the “front lines” of the battle.
With the general prohibition (blocking) will extend until 6th of December, according to the Secretary General of Commerce, Panagiotis Stampolidis, Megaro Maximos announcements for the next period are expected next week, as the goal is to capture a broader exit strategy from the second wave of the pandemic (maintaining some of the long-term restrictive measures), beyond which economic and leisure activities moving again due to the holidays.
The first stop after the end of the lockdown is, according to the information, the resumption of the educational process in kindergartens and primary schools with a predominant scenario of back to school on December 7 or 14 (although there are objections in the Commission), while as the most probable date for the opening of the Retail He imagines next Monday, December 14, when the Gymnasiums and Lyceums could function.
However, even the opening of any commercial store is under strict control, as small and medium-sized commercial companies will precede, to follow department stores in late December, if their operation is finally allowed. In any case, the way retail business works is changing radically, as approved by the Ministry of Development. the “click” solution, according to:
The consumer requests the product electronically
The consumer prepays the order
The consumer arrives at the store, in a specially designed outdoor area, collects the product and leaves, without entering the store.
The same rigor will rule focus function, as long as it returns to normal, after It will be forbidden to stand, customers will be divided into tables of 4 people and there will be no musical accompaniment in the space. More stringent will be the measures for bars and clubs, which will not open at all during the holidays, as well as theaters, cinemas and multicultural spaces.
In the broader grid of prohibitions that will be valid from December 24 to January 1, included:
· Traffic ban from prefecture to prefecture
· Ban on going to winter resorts
All the country’s ski resorts are closed
· Ban on gathering more than 9 people
· The hotel rooms are closed for New Year’s Eve
· And maybe a curfew from Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve until the next morning.
In the same context, its annex World Health Organization on the American continent (Paho) yesterday advised citizens to postpone or limit mass gatherings during the Christmas and New Year festive season, as Covid-19 cases are increasing rapidly in many countries. “Now is not the time to host large gatherings … during a pandemic, there is no risk-free holiday season.” PAHO Deputy Director Jarbas Barbosa said in a statement.
However, despite the upcoming announcements for the holidays, the situation of the NSS in northern Greece continues in the red, with the Minister of Civil Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis appeal yesterday from Serres. “We want ten days for the health system to breathe, so that there are no dilemmas about who will live and who will not” The minister expressed in a characteristic way, while the health minister admitted yesterday that “the NSS is being pressured from everywhere, but it is enduring” Vassilis Kikilias, underscoring that the burden remains heavy in northern Greece, both in Thessaloniki and in Imathia and Larissa. With Thessaloniki maintaining the “leadership” yesterday with 633 cases, followed by Attica with 383 and Larissa with 160 new cases of coronavirus, a fact that reinforces fears about the evolution of the pandemic in the capital of Thessaly.
Having recently toured the city and the president of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, with special interest are observing the epidemiological development of the pandemic in the city and officials of the official opposition, at the risk of repeating the numbers of cases in Thessaloniki a little further south, a possibility that everyone avoids.
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