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Retail sales of purely seasonal Christmas items will begin on Monday, December 7, as well as the sale of these items from supermarkets, as announced by the Ministry of Development.
The details of the opening hours and the operation of these stores will be announced tomorrow Friday by the Secretary General for Trade and Consumer Protection responsible, Mr. Panagiotis Stampoulidis.
It is recalled that the government was considering the immediate reopening of stores that sell seasonal items, according to the Minister of Development Adonis Georgiadis, emphasizing that there are not many and will not aggravate the situation.
However, as he pointed out, the operation of seasonal stores would also be an exception. with 2000 cases and more than 600 intubated, the government’s first concern is public health. “With these coronavirus figures, all decisions have been postponed, we have to be patient and comply with the measures,” he said, but added that “seasonal Christmas stores for which there is intention to operate soon will be excluded, as there are many and they are not going to aggravate the situation, everything else will necessarily keep pace with the pandemic ”.
The number of intubated determines the removal of the blockage.
Experts point out that the number of intubated people must be in the double digits to fully open the market.
The president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Exadaktylos, once again sounded the alarm, about the course of the coronavirus in our country, emphasizing that if the restrictions are lifted early, the second wave of the pandemic can be enlarged and channeled to reach 900 In statements to SKAI, Mr. Exadaktylos pointed out that “we cannot speak of opening the market with this number of cases and intubated. To remove the blockage, the number of intubators must be two digits. “
For his part, the specialist in infectious diseases and member of the Committee for the coronavirus, Nikolaos Sypsas, stressed that “unfortunately entertainment is a super-transmitter of the virus” and its opening will be delayed. “You should only open what is absolutely necessary and if epidemiological conditions and especially the health system allow it,” he said.
