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The talk was held on the coronavirus with the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, and the associate professor of the EKPA Faculty of Medicine and member of the Expert Committee of the Ministry of Health, Gika Majorkinis.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Vassilis Kontozamanis, also participated in the briefing, to answer questions about the health system.
Previously, EODY announced a spectacular increase in cases in the last 24 hours with 416 cases, 79 intubated and 5 deaths. As Gikas Majorkinis clarified, 240 of the 416 cases were identified in Attica.
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Taking the floor first, the associate professor of the EKPA School of Medicine stated that of the 416 new cases of coronavirus, 55 are attributed to known outbreaks and another 59 were located at the country’s entry gates.
Majorkinis confirmed another day that the majority of new cases are in the capital, as 240 new infections are found in Attica today. “Attica still has the lion’s share in the number of new diagnoses and especially in the younger ones,” he said, reiterating that in “red” there are neighborhoods in the center of Athens.
Rapid tests for coronavirus are particularly reliable
Gikas Majorkinis then referred to a rapid test, the latest example being Koumoundourou Square, where 24 positive cases of coronavirus were found in 514 tests. The professor noted that the international community seems to adopt the same strategy, while noting that rapid tests show satisfactory reliability, with a delay of between 5% and 8% in these tests compared to molecular tests.
Gikas Majorkinis also referred to the emergency on the cruise ship, noting that even during the last control of Attica Hospital, all employees were negative about the coronavirus. Respectively, the samples from the ship’s surfaces were negative.
Finally, the professor addressed the development of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. A type of mRNA vaccine, which if you manage to complete the third phase of testing in October, may also make vaccines available in 2020.
New cases of coronavirus do not allow complacency
Addressing citizens, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias highlighted that our country still registers fewer cases of coronavirus compared to countries with similar populations, such as the Netherlands. However, he said, the increase in new infections and intubations does not allow for complacency.
Mr. Hardalias referred to the controls of the state mechanism for compliance with measures against the transmission of the coronavirus. As he said, since the end of August, in 101 inspections in health units, 20 infractions were found and the corresponding fines were imposed.
93 out of 123 schools with coronavirus cases in Attica
The Undersecretariat of Civil Protection pointed out that controls were also carried out in schools, during which no violation has been found, regarding the measures for the coronavirus. Hardalias pointed out that of the 123 schools where coronavirus cases were detected, 93 are located in Attica. Another indication that the main coronavirus outbreak in the country is located in the Region and especially in the center of Athens.
Nikos Hardalias referred to the quarantine hotels, where asymptomatic Covid-19 patients will be transferred, in order to decongest the hospitals. At the same time, he mentioned that 8 friendship clubs of the Municipality of Athens are being formed in the testing centers for Covid-19.
Quarantine workers in Evrotas who tested positive for the virus
Finally, the undersecretary referred to the coronavirus outbreak among land workers in Evrotas. As you said, in the first 805 tests 39 positives were identified. Those who are positive for the coronavirus have been isolated with the care of the Municipality of Evrotas and the Peloponnese Region, while their close contacts have been restricted at home.
It was decided that all workers on the ground would be tested and that they would refrain from working until the test was done. For the residents it was decided to test those who work with the land workers.
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