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Based on these encouraging facts, or government representative On Wednesday he outlined the guide … return to normality, without excluding the “accordion” method, with regular opening and closing of the economy depending on the course of the pandemic.
Although he did not rule out the possibility of other locks in the near future, or Stelios Petsas stated that what matters is that The market will open on December 1.
As explained by Stelios Petsas, speaking with SKAI, in the first phase schools of all levels and retail will be opened, where no increase is registered epidemiological load Y over-transmission.
Then they will open coffees Y restaurants.
However, he noted that it is extremely difficult to operate bars and nightclubs due to the Colorant observed in specific areas.
“Yesterday was the first day one appeared leveling from curve and we hope to continue and today Y morning, and if that happens, we expect a quick drop in cases, because at first emergency shutdown we had the weight of the epidemiological burden of the last weeks “, stressed Mr. Petsas, and underlined that after Weekend A vertical drop in cases is expected from the levels we are at today and in this context the government will soon assess the situation to develop a plan to eliminate the restrictions that have been imposed.
Schools have a low epidemiological burden and will be in the first wave of activities to open, as well as retail which has not shown much to do with increasing congestion, while catering and health stores will be reaching their finish.
“If this is gradual and how much it will mediate from one phase to another, we will see it and announce it in time,” he said, while ruling out the possibility of a horizontal opening.
The fight to flatten the curve
And while ICUs are being tested with unprecedented toughness, experts are emerging moderately optimistic for the course of the pandemic starting next week.
The finding that “the growth rate has started and is decreasing” from cases made the professor of microbiology and member of the expert committee Alkiviadis Vatopoulos but noting that, “the deceased κι οι intubation they will continue to grow. “
Referring to the lifting of the lockdown measures, he stressed that it is a complicated issue, but the possibility that such a thing “will appear” after the weekend and decisions are likely to be made early next week.
When asked what is a satisfactory number for the survey, he estimated that, to “see” that there is a reduction, he would expect a “doubling of cases.”
Moderately optimistic about the possibility leveling the box curve in Thessaloniki Also yesterday the rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki appeared Nikos Papaioannou, pointing out that the first data from wastewater study of this period in AUTh are encouraging.
“I think we can start from the middle and towards the end of this week to flatten the curve of Thessaloniki. Because last week it was unfortunately to the upside, not as exponential as in October. Probably towards the end of the month it will give us the long-awaited fall“Characteristically said Mr. Papaioannou.
The National Health System is under suffocating pressure
They operate across the country today a total of 1,203 ICU beds. Of these, 950 are employed and 253 are vacant (21%).
According to the detailed data:
- ICU-non COVID is today 579440 are occupied and 139 are vacant (24%).
- ICU-COVID is today 624. From these, 510 They are occupied and 114 are vacant (18%).
- The ICU-COVID serving the needs of Thessaloniki (including the Halkidiki, Katerini and Kavala hospitals) are currently 211. Of these, 199 are occupied and 12 are vacant (6%).
In the Attica Basin Hospitals, the ICU-COVID is currently 214. Of these, 161 are occupied and 53 are vacant (25%).
ICU-COVID by Health Region
1st RAE (Attica): 163 places, of which 118 occupied and 45 vacant (percentage 28%)
2nd RAE (Piraeus and Aegean): 53 beds, of which 36 occupied and 17 vacant (32%)
3rd RAE (Macedonia): 134 beds, of which 126 occupied and 8 vacant (percentage 6%)
4th SAR (Macedonia and Thrace): 123 beds, of which 109 occupied and 14 vacant (11%)
5th RAE (Thessaly & Central Greece): 68 beds, of which 65 occupied and 3 vacant (4.5% percentage)
6th GDR (Peloponnese, Ionian Islands, Epirus and Western Greece): 47 beds, of which 25 occupied and 22 vacant (47%)
7th RAE (Crete): 18 places, of which 13 occupied and 5 vacant (percentage 28%)
Military hospitals: 18 beds, all occupied
The total number of beds available nationwide for confirmed COVID-19 cases is 6,074.
There are 3,831 currently hospitalized COVID-19 patients (total ICU, MAF, MEL, negative pressure chambers and individual beds)
Details by health region
1st RAE (Attica): 629 (of 1,169 available beds)
2nd RAE (Piraeus and Aegean): 244 (out of 480 available beds)
3rd RAE (Macedonia): 895 (out of 1204 available beds)
4th SAR (Macedonia and Thrace): 1,175 (out of 1,557 available beds)
5th RAE (Thessaly and Central Greece): 453 (out of 589 available beds)
6th RAE (Peloponnese, Ionian Islands, Epirus and Western Greece): 232 (out of 636 available beds)
7th RAE (Crete): 59 (out of 235 available beds)
Military hospitals: 144 (out of 194 beds available)
