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The new curfew forecasts are in effect as of today and for the entire weekend.
Curfew
Thus, in Athens and Thessalonica:
- The weekend curfew begins at 7 pm and rises at 5 am. Police controls will also be intensive to reduce mobility.
- the grocery store as announced it will close at 18:00, while most Supermarket have announced the closing time for today at 18:30 so that employees and customers can return to their homes before the start of the curfew
What applies to SMS
Remember that:
- The movement code 2 to go to supermarkets and other essential stores but also to trip code 3 If it is a transfer to a bank, it is valid within the corresponding municipality of the citizens or at a distance of 2 kilometers from the place of residence.
- About the code movement 4 now the auditing bodies will ask citizens for clarification in the event of an audit.
- About him code 5, that is, go to a funeral, or go to divorced parents or parents who are in a dimension that is necessary to ensure communication between parents and children, there is no restriction of kilometers.
- Regarding SMS 6, As for outdoor physical exercise or traveling with a pet, these activities are carried out exclusively on foot or by bicycle. That is, no one in the whole country will be able to send the code 6 and make your car or motorcycle go to another area to play sports or take your pet for a walk.
- Finally, as the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias, said during the information session on Friday, the restrictions for code 2 (movement within the corresponding municipality or within 2 km) do not apply to go to KTEO and an SMS with code 2nd A printed certificate and proof of appointment with KTEO is required. With regard to weddings, it will be allowed but in the strict presence of up to 9 people including the religious or political official and his assistants.
The NSS is under pressure
The “hot red” is still most of the territory due to the wide spread of the coronavirus that scientists mainly attribute to the British mutation. New forecasts valid from morning to the weekend.
In Attica, the situation in hospitals is marginal with almost all ICU beds occupied. As an indication, the cases of patients without covidity are transferred to NIMITZ and Henry Dunant,
According to the latest data, an average of 330 admissions are made daily throughout the country while serving a total of about 3,200 people. And while ICU-COVID beds are increasing daily, the coverage rate in Attica is 87%. The pressure on the health system may continue for another month, according to members of the Committee of Experts, while the operational plan of the Ministry of Health is underway, so that new ICU beds can be opened daily, as well as simple covid beds. At Evangelismos, 12 new intensive care beds have been in operation since yesterday.
“Once Covid patients have stabilized, they will be transferred to smaller support hospitals to receive others,” Dimitris Pistolas, director of the Evangelismos Nursing Service, said in an interview.
It should be noted that yesterday, Friday, EODY announced 2,215 cases, 451 intubated and 32 deaths.
Mutations “sweep”
Mutations of the virus appear to be prevalent throughout the country, especially the British strain, which according to the latest scientific data proves to be at least 50% more contagious than the previous strain.
“I firmly believe that mutations have prevailed throughout the country and that is why cases are not decreasing. In crete have completely prevailed. That is why this wave does not budge. It is durable, ”stressed the professor of pulmonology at the University of Crete, Nikos Tzanakis, in statements to SKAI, while warning of a new increase in cases next week.
“It is not excluded that we will see 2,800-3,000 cases one day.” This will continue until around March 15-18 and around March 20-25 we will see the numbers go down, too late, “he said.
In intense red Fokida and Anogia
At the highest risk level (Dark red color) from today at 6 in the morning the regional unit of Fokida as well as the municipality of Anogia. At the same time, the Attica region remains at this level, as well as the following regional units: Achaia, Arcadia, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Lefkada (except Meganisi), Fthiotida, Argolida, Corinth, Thesprotia, Arta, Samos, Viotia, Chios, Aetolia, Heraklion and Evia (except Skyros). Furthermore, the municipality of Kalymnos is classified at this level.