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The assistant professor of the EKPA Faculty of Medicine and member of the Expert Committee of the Ministry of Health Gikas Majorkinis announced that the new cases are 399 while emphasizing that Greece entered the second wave of coronavirus in the first 10 days of August with Attica showing daily some weeks over noon.
He explained that, despite the fatigue that exists inside and outside Greece due to the measures against the coronavirus, “It is obvious that we have a long way to go as transmissibility is expected to increase in winter.” and stressed that mask and distance are our weapons.
In the last month new diagnoses are fluctuating between 200 and 400 most days with slight upward trends, he said. He added that the critical number of intubated exceeds 80 gradually increasing the pressure on the health system. The heavy burden of the epidemic remains in Attica with more than 50% of new home diagnoses daily.
Confirmed cases are increasing in Europe, Majorkinis said, noting that in Britain the number of new infections is more than 5,000 a day and the death toll is 60, while in France cases are doubling, around 10,000 a day and the death toll is 50 on average. For the Netherlands, she said, there has been an aggressive increase in COVID-19 infections, with cases increasing fivefold since mid-September, while Germany, on the other hand, shows a good epidemiological course.
Subsequently, the Vice Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management intervened Nikos Hardals, who repeated the need for faithful observance of the measures to overcome the danger and account for the situation in our country regarding the pandemic.
Then he referred to the controls that are carried out and the fines that are imposed, while he also referred to the cases of coronavirus in schools.
See in the Gallery in detail the weekly periodic update of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia:
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The periodic weekly briefing of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, on the coronavirus.
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The periodic weekly briefing of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, on the coronavirus.
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The periodic weekly briefing of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, on the coronavirus.
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The periodic weekly briefing of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, on the coronavirus.
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The periodic weekly briefing of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, on the coronavirus.
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The periodic weekly briefing of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, on the coronavirus.
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The periodic weekly briefing of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalia, on the coronavirus.
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