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The need to back up quickly epidemiological burden, since we cannot be constantly in emergency shutdown or in the ban on travel from prefecture to prefecture for social and economic reasons, the government spokesperson noted in an interview with “Radio Thessaloniki”, Stelios Petsas.
At the same time, he stressed that “at the moment we cannot see different speeds in the elimination of the blockade between regions and we do not have any suggestions from the experts.”
However, he added that “if we see outbreaks next week in different geographic areas, this will suggest it to us. epidemiologists. But we are not there. Nor has such a thing been considered. “
Mr. Petsas also pointed out that in areas that have large local festivities, extra effort will be needed, such as in Patras on Monday with Agios Andreas or in Corfu, possibly with Agios Spyridon, so as not to create over-transmission centers, as probably happened in Thessaloniki with the celebration of Agios Dimitrios.
“What matters is that we can quickly eliminate the epidemiological burden. And this is in our hands. This week, we ask the Thessalonians to avoid any contact they have with their wider environment. Avoid home visits that, unfortunately, are carried out We see this in Athens and elsewhere. Let’s stay with our environment for a while and then the epidemiological burden will drop dramatically. And that will benefit everyone. Adherence to the measures will take us where we want. “And what we want is power. take our lives back into our own hands. “
Commenting in particular on the situation in North greece and especially in Thessaloniki, the government spokesman noted that this is not yet worrying, but the epidemiological burden remains high and is not decreasing as fast as we would like. “Even though scientists estimate that the transmission rate has dropped below 1, it is still high, with many cases 562 yesterday. “In this situation, the main objective is to control the spread,” he explained.
However, he stressed that Healthcare system He endured in Thessaloniki even with difficulties and with the great pressure that he had and has this week. “That’s why we ordered the two private clinics. The Ministry of Health is deciding how to transport patients and how to distribute forces, so that the health system as a whole can resist and win the battle. Transportation is a business problem. “We trust the people in the field and give them the opportunity to handle the matter as they know it,” Petsas said. to have the best possible care. And this will always happen. Since March, we have in our planning, firstly the strengthening of the SNA, secondly an alliance with the private sector or an order, if necessary, and thirdly the use of the Army’s health infrastructure. This is all part of a plan to deal with a war. We have never experienced such a situation before. It is the worst global health crisis the planet has experienced in a hundred years. We must not forget this ”, he stressed.
Petsas reiterated, at the same time, that the common enemy is the coronavirus and that the government is looking for allies. “We call on private doctors to participate in the program and we call on the Ministry of Health to sign contracts to offer their services. It is one thing to have a general willingness to contribute, another is to have a response to the specialties requested by the Ministry of Health to deal with the emergency, and quite different, of course, to sign a contract. It would be better if there was a bigger answer. There is also the possibility of the order and we have not ruled it out. At the moment, however, it seems that we are not there. “I wish it was never necessary,” he said.
Finally, regarding the controls, the government spokesperson commented that “there will always be some excuse that they can use to move. Therefore, since last week, we have proceeded to better coordinate it Transparency Authority, of the Police, the Municipal Police and the other local Authorities, in order to have the desired result. Especially in the workplace, where it seems that we have – many times – breakouts. And this, because in the friendly atmosphere that creates a family space, as we are with our colleague every day, the observance of the measures relaxes, and this in the end is catastrophic, “he concluded.
