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The rapid increase in coronavirus cases in Thessaloniki and the next steps to reduce the second wave of the pandemic were the focus of a special city council meeting held tonight through teleconference.
The extraordinary meeting was held to inform citizens and municipal councilors about the course of the pandemic by scientific and health organizations. «We are deep red. We fight the coronavirus. The next ten days will be extremely difficult. Stand united, “said the mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, during its installation.
Speaking a few minutes before midnight, Mr. Zervas and immediately after the briefing by health service providers took a look at how it evolved coronavirus in the city, from the appearance of the first case until today, but also in economic consequences. “It just came to our attention then. Summer conditions relaxation, return of students to the city, vacationers in the surroundings, opening of schools, increase in the use of public transport and the activation of the economic and social life of the city which is largely based on connectivity but also on entertainment which favors the spread of the coronavirus ”, he characteristically said.
Regarding the criticism he received, he added that “the mayor of Thessaloniki never claimed that we defeated the coronavirus. The mayor of Thessaloniki never said that Thessaloniki is covid free city. This was said by another local government and said it in the great effort made during the summer to make Thessaloniki and the region an attractive place for tourism. Be more careful when politicizing such an issue and waving your finger and looking for enemies when the only enemy is the coronavirus».
During the extraordinary meeting, the rector of AUTh Nikos Papaioannou He referred to the controls carried out in the city’s sewers and estimated that it is possible that the results “will begin to show as of next week and towards the end of November a flattening of the curve of coronavirus cases.”
Mr. Papaioannou also took the next step, which will be done with the university’s own resources, in collaboration with EYATH, so that divide the urban complex of Thessaloniki into 3-4 points. That way it will be done separate collection of wastewater and there will be an epidemiological table for each area of the urban complex. “I think this will help a lot,” said the rector.
Regarding the latter, the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Six Finger He clarified that from the separate wastewater analysis we should expect different actions per region and not different measures. “For example, one area may not have another traffic limit and another does not. But There should be a more specific control with a more extensive sampling. or other actions. “
THE Demosthenes Sarigiannis, Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Polytechnic School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, also evaluated during the municipal council meeting, that since next week there will be signs of de-escalation regarding wastewater controls.
He also stood up the next day talking about “continuous blocking and sub-restrictions. As long as we can implement them, we could drive safely in March. I’m talking about manageable cases that will fluctuate at reasonable prices and the safety of the public health system. “
The president and general secretary of the Thessaloniki Hospital Doctors Association also spoke at the meeting. Daphne katsimba Y Christos Karachristos. They referred to the shortage in hospitals in terms of medical staff, beds and intensive care units. Order staffing with permanent staff, while Ms Katsimba stressed that “a confinement is not worth it when there are no periodic and repeated tests in the workplace, in hospitals, in hotel structures, in the army and in prisons, so where there is overcrowding we can prevent cases in small numbers before they are all filled.
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