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Shock test for the development of the pandemic in the wider region of Attica are the new measures announced by the government on Tuesday, with effect from Wednesday morning. The increase in cases and the fact that almost 60% of the ICUs in Attica hospitals have already been covered, due to severe cases of Covid-19, led the government to take additional measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. in the capital. The measures will be in force until the end of the month, when the situation will be reassessed and depending on the evolution, it will be decided what will be born. According to the information, new decisions are not ruled out, as long as the package announced on Tuesday by the Vice Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalia..
Specifically, the data from today Wednesday to the end of September are formed with less occupancy in cinemas, theaters and concerts, closed entertainment centers, fewer sitting at a table in the restaurant, as well as the mandatory use of masks both indoors and in outdoors, where there is overcrowding and distances of 1.5 meters are not observed.
In the EODY update on Tuesday –310 new cases, 197 of them in Attica, as well as 67 intubated cases– EKPA Medical School assistant professor Gikas Majorkinis was quick to emphasize the increasing trend in the number of cases in the Attica region, which now has more than half of domestic cases. Although the incidence rate per citizen is still moderate, the level of risk in terms of epidemiological burden is high, both due to the abundance of ICUs in the Basin (60%) and the close contact between residents.
For the spread of the pandemic, therefore, “large urban centers are the Achilles heel”, as the professor said, so a series of stricter measures will be implemented from September 16 to 30.
“According to epidemiological risk criteria,” explained the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection, “Attica is currently between a moderate and high risk level, that is, according to laboratory findings, it shows three cases per 100,000 inhabitants (moderate risk level) , but with the reduction to 10, which is closer to the real number of infections, it reaches the high risk level and an additional additional burden on ICU beds (more than 60% of the increasing trends). measures are both precautionary and repressive. “
In this context, the measures announced by Nikos Hardalias, in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus in Attica, are the following:
1. In all concerts that take place in open spaces, there is an occupancy limit of 50%, obligation to see exclusively by seated people, mandatory use of mask, prohibition of alcohol and tobacco.
2. Regarding Health Interest Stores with live music (entertainment centers), their operation is suspended for 14 days.
3. Regarding the operation of summer and winter cinemas and theaters, there is an occupancy limit of 60% and the mandatory use of a mask at the entrance and exit, as well as during the performance by the spectators.
4. The use of a mask is mandatory in all closed workplaces (public and private), as well as in all open meeting places (eg squares, bus stops, queues in shops, marches-demonstrations, political party events) and where the 1.5 meter rule cannot be observed. Strong recommendation for all other open spaces.
5. The operation of public markets is determined with the mandatory use of a mask for producers and consumers at 50%, with a distance of three meters from stalls (and with the possibility of parallel operation of the market in the same area within the same week).
6. There is a limit of six people in the seats of the tables of the Sanitary Interest Stores. The 50-person rule at all meetings remains in effect, as does the retail opening at 10am, with the exception of supermarkets, bakeries, and grocery stores.
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