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The next ten days will be crucial in terms of decisions to be made to limit the spread of the coronavirus in Attica, according to Nikos Sypsas.
The professor of Infectious Diseases and member of the scientific committee of the Ministry of Health clarified that the restrictive measures announced for the capital do not work within the next 10 days, so it is very likely that a new blockade (in the short term) will be imposed.
As far as the epidemic is concerned, what we say is never say never lock up. If necessary, there will be a lockdown. If this situation with the epidemic continues, especially in Attica, we will certainly go to the confinement. Measurements take about a week. with ten days to see if they perform, if they do it well, if not, the next step is to restrict the movement of citizens, it will be weekly, but at the moment the situation is not developing well, the growing trend of the epidemic is very ” and this can be seen in the pipeline “, Nikos Sypsas said speaking with ANT1, to clarify: “We will give the new measures 10 days to two weeks to see if they work. If the measures don’t work, we can go to the extreme measure.”
He called on citizens to “observe the measures with religious reverence. Now is the time to do so. Things are getting worse.”
Regarding schools, he said: “Teachers are even more at risk because they use the subway, in general in society. We take all measures to protect schools. Schools will be the last to close. They must remain open.”
In the end, he even stressed that “testing is not a panacea.”
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