Kozani has been in strict confinement since 6 in the morning HELLAS

The Kozani regional unit entered a strict lockdown from this morning (12/19).

As announced yesterday by the Vice Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, the additional measures began to be implemented from 6:00 in the morning and will last one week.

In addition, the Vice Minister of Civil Protection revealed that they are currently being registered in Kozani 397 active cases, with 81 in treatment and a mean age of 53 years.

As in West Attica, the new measures for the Kozani region are as follows:

• 1. The curfew runs from 6 pm to 5 am with the exception of employees, who can only travel to and from work with the exclusive permission of their employer.
• 2. Likewise, the retail operation is suspended, including with the click-away method, hairdressers, manicurists and bookstores.
• 3. Furthermore, all types of ecclesiastical ceremonies of all denominations are suspended, with the exception of exit services in the presence only of close relatives, which will not exceed ten people. In addition, free access to temples for individual prayer is suspended, while all church services are conducted only in the presence of the clergy.
• 4. At the same time, we proceed to the massive implementation of controls in the population of these areas with the use of rapid antigen tests (rapid test) and with in-depth vertical follow-up of confirmed cases and their close contacts. It is noted that for Kozani special emphasis will be given to the areas of Voio and Eordea.
• 5. At the same time, controls on company employees and especially industries in these areas are intensified with the application of the 0-5-10 model, that is, control on the first, fifth and tenth days.
• 6. For the employees of the Elderly Units, it was decided that they will be checked molecularly or checked with rapid test every 5 days.
• 7. In addition, there will be a massive distribution of protective masks with the care and cooperation of the Local Government.
• 8. In addition, the operation of all public markets in the five municipalities of the Regional Unit is suspended. At the same time, control with the use of rapid antigen tests (rapid test) of small vendors is mandatory, as a condition for the issuance of the work permit in other areas, as well as the periodic review every 3 days.
• 9. At the same time, information campaigns are immediately launched by the EODY population, at the same time that it is decided and controls on the implementation of measures and the strengthening of control mechanisms in these areas are being intensified.
• 10.Finally, a team made up of executives from EODY, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection and the General Public Health Directorate of the Kozani Regional Unit will travel to Kozani for in-depth daily investigation and management of the situation.