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The televised message from the Prime Minister to the public on the second wave of the pandemic and the measures to protect public health, which was scheduled for today, was postponed to 3:00 p.m. while there will be an update on the new broadcast time.
At 6:00 p.m., at the General Secretariat for Information, the Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras, presented the economic support measures activated by the government and the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, to specify the measures to be implemented. , and the assistant. of EKPA and member of the Gikas Majorkinis Expert Committee to analyze health data.
It is recalled that among measures under consideration, in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus and prevent a blanket lockdown, is to reduce focus hours in the “orange” areas to 9 or 10 p.m. and ban traffic an hour later.
Another solution that has been put on the table is to keep the focus open only outdoors, but many experts consider this measure “half a meter”, so the possibility of a total “lock” in the industry for the next 15 days . According “K” information, the focus is for specialists and the head of infectious diseases Sotiris Tsiodra the largest outbreak.
In addition, among the scenarios considered are the prohibition of traffic outside the prefecture and for the “orange” areas, at least during the afternoon hours, while the Prime Minister is expected to announce the expansion of teleworking to 50% and universal e-learning in universities, but also mandatory use of masks in the “green” and “yellow” areas.
The scenarios considered are the abolition of the “yellow health zone”, but also the suspension of amateur sports activities. On the table is the restart of sms, but at a later time, as long as it is preceded by some kind of crash.
In today’s “red” Thessaloniki, Larissa and Rodopi
It is remembered that as of today Friday 14 regional units of the country are changing the alarm level. Specifically, the regional units of Thessaloniki, Larissa and Rodopi go to “red”, that is, to level 4 (Increased risk).
In addition, in “orange”, that is, level 3 (Increased vigilance) the regional units go up: Drama, Evros, Imathia, Kavala, Kilkis, Xanthi, Pella, Pieria and Halkidiki, while in “yellow”, the Level 2 (Vigilance) passes the regional units, Arcadia and Messinia.
