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The government spokesman described the opening of the economy on December 1 as unrealistic, adding that the government had never discussed a specific timeline, thus acknowledging that the government was moving forward without a plan.
“At the moment it does not seem to be a realistic goal to begin to relax or to bring a part of the economy back to normal as of December 1. We never talk about a specific time, but we do talk about phases of gradual return to a form of normality in December ”, emphasized Stelios Petsas.
He added that the reason is the relaxation during the first week of the confinement, which, as he said, was quite weak. Especially in northern Greece, where we have found that cases persist at such high levels, even though too many areas were in the “red” for several weeks, before the implementation of the universal lockdown. Which means that unfortunately there was a relaxation, which fueled the cases for a long time and we did not see the flattening of the curve as fast as our experts expected ”.
Regarding how the restrictions will be removed, Mr. Petsas pointed out that “we start from the field that has a lower epidemiological burden, such as schools.” After the retail sale and after the stores of interest to the health, such as restoration. “However, he noted that” there is no timetable at the moment, because we are focused on the battle. “
The government spokesman stressed that the plan for the gradual lifting of the restrictions would be considered next week. “But at this stage we must all fight to stop the coronavirus,” he concluded.
