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The number of intubated patients has increased, the ICUs of the reporting hospitals are under pressure, and Mr. Sypsas is sounding the alarm of the pandemic.
Mr. Nikolaos Sypsas, specialist in infectious diseases, professor at the University of Athens, member of the coronavirus committee, spoke on the “MEGA Hour Society” program.
“We should probably not be optimistic. The epidemic has a strong upward trend, we have very poor epidemiological characteristics in terms of admissions and people in ICU, the age of intubated patients has dropped. Currently 70% of admissions represent elderly and patients with underlying diseases. We have a bad scenario, “said Mr. Sypsas.
Mr Sypsas even referred to data from the technical report of the European organization ECDC, which includes “poor forecasts for the next ten days in Greece based on the measures we had taken from 8 to 10 September”.
He warned that “the only measure that has a spectacular effect on the epidemic is the curfew, the closure.” In Mr Sypsas’s view, measures must be taken in time in Attica “to attack the epidemic before it escapes.”
“Attica is in orange and if the measures don’t work and Attica reaches ‘red’ then we will have to take much more drastic measures,” he said.
You may need a two-week curfew or even a restaurant and store closing; it all depends on the epidemic.
While “if Attica goes into the red, schools will be closed.” The restrictions must be taken before winter catches up with us, he stressed.
Meanwhile, “Hippocrates” starting today is added to the referral hospitals for Covid. The healthcare system is under a lot of pressure, as of the 75 Covid ICUs in Attica, only 12 remain free. As announced, 40 Covid ICUs were added on Wednesday in Attica.
The large coverage of these units is a very poor quality element, Mr Sypsas commented.
The problem of transmitting the virus to immigrants is great: a large percentage of those who are hospitalized or in the ICU in Attica are immigrants.
“There is a great spread of the virus when there are phenomena in the same area where between 10 and 20 people sleep in basements or studios.” He cited as an example the Hospital del Pueblo, where many people belonging to the vulnerable group of immigrants are cared for. The problem is mainly in the center of Athens, Sypsas said.
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