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Speaking to SKAI’s main newsletter, Nikos Sypsas, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Nikos Sypsas, spoke in favor of extending the lockdown until December 21, explaining that it was his personal opinion and that he considered the date more ideal than the December 14th.
Mr. Sypsas affirmed that the sensible lifting of the confinement as of December 21 will give greater margins to the system, since he estimated that with the lifting of the measures the cases will also increase ”.
“To have 15 days off, to have a certain regularity,” he said characteristically.
He also pointed out that at the moment we have a small drop in the number of cases, as well as in the percentage of positive samples, it has dropped from 19% to 10%, but we have very poor quality data, which is a large number of active cases. , more than 26,000. that show us many introductions that are more than downloads even unfortunately intubations and deaths. These data do not allow any prediction at the moment because we do not think that we will open the company having 88% covered units, 100% in Thessaloniki and having this death toll ”.
In addition, Mr. Sypsas noted the slow decline of the pandemic for various reasons, such as the great dispersion during October and the fact that the lock we have is a bit loose and does not help the rapid de-escalation of the pandemic.
At the same time, he pointed out that the day the society opens there will be a dispersal of the crown, while he recalled that few Greeks have antibodies. Most do not have antibodies and the climate favors the spread, which means that in the next 15 to 20 days the cases will begin to increase.
He noted that “all these elements do not make me optimistic” and said that we must forget about the inauguration on December 7.
He warned that “we will not have regular holidays, we do not have the idea that we will have a multitude of consumers in the stores.” features.
He called on citizens to pay special attention, noting that at this stage, the focus is on homes. “Only at Christmas. No family, no one around us,” he said.
According to Mr. Sypsas, if the gradual lifting of the lockdown begins on December 14, there will be a school opening.
But if the uprising begins on December 21, the opening of schools will not make sense and the beginning will be with retail mainly.
For hotels, gyms and other industries, when epidemiological data allow it. “We can’t even make predictions, we do exercises on paper,” he explained.
In fact, he referred to an opening with time restrictions and a traffic ban after a while as well as sms even during holidays.
If we manage to vaccinate vulnerable groups in early summer, then we will begin to relax and it will mean the end of the epidemic in our country, he said, among other things.
Source: skai.gr
