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Emergency shutdown across the country for three weeks, from 6 p.m. Saturday to November 30, the Prime Minister announced, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. “The exponential increase in cases forces me to act now. I cannot take responsibility for putting human lives at risk.” Our decisions are based on scientific data, which is indisputable, “he said during the announcement of the measures.
The Prime Minister noted that the emergency shutdown “It will be seen, but it will not be completely the same as March.” As he said, it will be necessary SMS to get out of the house, while supermarkets and pharmacies will be open.
Kindergartens, elementary schools and special education schools remain open
However, he stressed that the big difference with respect to March is that they will stay open the kindergartens, τα primary schools, as much as special education schools at all levels. As for gyms Y Institute, will remain closed and will work with the state distance educationlike he said. THE use of mask It is mandatory on all trips, he stressed.
The Prime Minister stood in epidemiological data and highlighted that the exponential increase in cases in the last five days you have been forced to make this decision now.
Mr. Mitsotakis noted – when asked about this and referring to the last few days – that “for reasons we are not sure we fully understand, we had a exponential growth. Something has drastically changed this week. We saw it for the first time in Thessaloniki and we are starting to see the same trends in other parts of the country. “
“Over an extended period of time, the intermediate measures we had taken paid off,” he said, adding: “The hospitalizations were completely manageable.” Something has changed. “
“Schools must close at the end”
Asked about schoolsHe said they should close at the end. He also highlighted that there is data that younger children are less contagious, while distance learning was estimated to work better in older children. children.
Asked by him tourism, the Prime Minister noted that it was achieved that there is no transmission of the virus from visitors to local communities. He also said that the scientists’ recommendation to strengthen them is evident. means of transport, adding “how we do it is the responsibility of the government.”
“Regularity with the rules”
He also said that he was convinced that New measures will perform. “The question is how we will allow normality. We hope wiser,” he continued, adding: “We want to bring him back December, which is a holiday season. “But it will be regularity with the rules.”
Suspension: 800 euros instead of 534 in November
Referring to measures to support workers and the unemployed, he stood on three of them.
- Those workers who go into suspension in November will receive 800 euros instead of 534
- All unemployment benefits are extended for two months.
- A lump sum of € 400 will be awarded to the long-term unemployed.
Mr. Mitsotakis noted that he chose a different form of communication, having him by his side Sotiri Tsiodra, to show that scientific data is always a guide.
He stressed that “we want citizens to be allies” and noted that the emphasis is on scientific data, which should not be the subject of controversy. “The scientific data is not negotiable,” he said.
The prime minister also referred to those who question the need for action. “There are different types of disputes. There are those who say” does not exist coronavirus“. “A walk to the hospitals is the best answer,” he said.
Tsiodras: It has never happened that we have so many ICU patients with a virus
The teacher Sotiris Tsiodras For his part, he said that more than 20,000 tests are carried out daily to control the pandemic.
“Never before in modern history have we had so many ICU patients for a virus that causes pneumonia,” he said, noting that there are more than 170 hospital admissions per day. As he highlighted, more people enter hospitals than leave.
Tsiodras said that men are more seriously infected by the virus, while reminding that yesterday, Wednesday, was a record day for deaths. He noted that the deaths mainly affected people over the age of 75.
The use of the mask, according to Mr. Tsiodras, has a significant reach in the fight against the virus and it is estimated that it will prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths, until the vaccine arrives.
He also referred to the danger of fake news about the virus, leading to the wrong attitude towards the phenomenon. “The virus is here, we continue to fight it,” he said. The statements of Sotiris Tsiodras in detail.
