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The epidemiological burden in the country remains high, and government officials and infectious disease specialists are constantly calling for compliance, so that New Year’s Eve does not cause a further spread of the coronavirus.
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Yesterday, EODY announced 942 new cases of coronavirus, 58 deaths and 443 intubated, which means that the pressure on the health system remains strong. Of these, 327 were registered in Attica and 197 in Thessaloniki, figures that show that the decline in cases is slow.
However, in addition to the above areas, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias raised the alarm for other areas and specifically for Kalymnos, which was put into a harsh lockdown as of today, Kozani, Kilkis, West Attica, Evros, Thasos, Florina , Lesbos and Xanthi. In these areas, as the Minister pointed out, citing data from the Professor of Infectious Diseases Sotiris Tsiodras, in the last seven days there has been an increase in the number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Expressing his concern about the course of the coronavirus in our country, Mr. Kikilias appealed for the implementation of the measures during the holidays, since the results of the behavior of citizens will become visible in 10-15 days.
New year like Christmas: the police will change the time in the streets
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The observance of the measures with a view to the New Year was this morning at the center of a government teleconference held with the participation of senior ministers and government officials. The plan to be implemented in the next few days was discussed in strict adherence to the restrictive measures for the control of the pandemic, which follows the model of the plan implemented at Christmas, especially for the evening schedule of the schedule change, a period for which the ban traffic is still in effect.
In other words, strict controls will be carried out at all levels by the competent authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus through synergy and, as was usually said, “the police will change the time on the streets.”
During the teleconference it was highlighted that the phenomenon has been observed that some people with various excuses have gone on vacation to various destinations. For this, it was decided to show special rigor in the controls at the gates of the country and to observe, without exception, all protocols and restrictive quarantine measures.
New Year’s Eve will decide to lift or extend the measures
New Year’s Eve, after all, will be a major crash test and will show whether there will be a partial lifting or an extension of the existing measures. Citizens are already invited to celebrate in another way, with SMS to travel and only 9 people from two families on New Year’s Eve, while EL.AS. It has implemented its plan to comply with the measures, which includes radical controls with roadblocks at tolls and entrances and exits of the city, on KTEL’s buses and road crossings. It is even possible to stop traffic on the main roads of both Athens and other large cities, to control all moving vehicles without exception.
Try to open all schools on January 8 or 11
However, decisions are expected on the sectors of society that can be opened in the first days of 2021. It is expected that the start will be made with schools, since on January 4 the infectious diseases committee will meet again. Given that in the previous days, due to the holidays, despite the confinement, there was intense mobility, infectious disease specialists await their mark on the epidemiological data. Thus, the final decision was postponed to Monday, in order to have the latest epidemiological data in their hands. Infectious disease specialists will make the suggestion and the prime minister will make the final decision.
Stelios Petsas told ERT yesterday that the government’s priority is to open schools at all levels.
“The discussion will continue in the next few days based on the epidemiological data and we will soon be able to say if the schools will open on January 8 or if there will be any difference between the grades,” said Mr. Petsas.
As he said, “for the decisions we are awaiting the final suggestion of the experts, which, either unanimously or by majority, we follow”.
The plan presented by Kerameos
According to the information, infectious disease specialists raised two issues in the committee, and Education Minister Niki Kerameos presented the ministry’s plan for solving these problems.
First, infectious disease specialists highlighted that the problem in kindergartens and primary schools is not the children, but the parents’ schedule in the morning and at noon, when the children leave school.
Ms. Kerameos suggested that the start and end times of the lessons be differentiated in the classrooms of each school and also that all the entrances of the schools should be open and not just one, the central one, so that there is no crowd at their disposal. around.
Regarding the objections that existed from the committee for children aged 16 and over and whether or not they should return to schools, Ms. Kerameos presented the testing plan. Specifically, he proposed the creation of a platform for coronavirus tests, in which teachers and students who wish to take the test will register and will do so without a draw.
Store opening: after clicking, come click store – Buy by appointment, how it will work
Meanwhile, they are preparing a plan for the gradual reopening of the retail business so that the market will move with the opening of the stores.
According to the data so far, the opening of the retail trade will occur gradually and probably not before January 15, while even when the absolute ban is lifted, another hybrid way of operating the commercial stores will be implemented.
The next step after the click away, will be the click in store, that is, the appointment not only for the receipt of an order, but also for the visit of the customer within the store. However, as the representatives of the commercial world say, such a solution cannot serve small businesses of a few square meters, adding that the market, except the center, already operates informally in a similar way, with the anxiety of covering even a small part of the losses. Rotation.
The winter discount period opens on January 11, which is likely before the click-in-store system is implemented.
All the surveys of recent years carried out by ESEE have shown that the majority of merchants indicate the discount period until the end of January as more efficient and this intensifies the anxiety of the approximately 235,000 industry professionals but 350,000 merchants, about turnover. of this period. .
In February, the debate on the opening of the restaurant.
Much later, however, it seems that the opening of the restaurant is approaching, since, according to information from iefimerida, the discussion will take place at the beginning of February.
Overall, scientists appear negative at the restaurant opening at least immediately after the holidays and before they manage to capture the possible effects at the case level, which will be seen 14 days after the New Year’s celebration.
“The focus should be on us after January 20,” said another committee member, commenting, “And then again, shyly, maybe with two people at the table.”
A key criterion for the restaurant’s opening will be the decrease in the number of ICU patients, which, according to experts, is a key factor in lifting the measures.
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