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The data on young people included in the latest EODY reports on the coronavirus are concerning.
EODY previously announced 262 new cases and 46 deaths in the last twenty-four hours, while at the same time 473 people are fighting their own battle in the ICU. Based on the distribution of cases, after a significant period, Attica and Thessaloniki recorded double-digit cases for the first time.
This action, however, must take into account the relatively limited number of tests (less than 6,000) performed in the last 24 hours due to holidays.
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Despite the apparent decrease in cases, and the fact that the ECDC has now included Greece in the “green” countries of the EU, with a positivity of less than 4%, there are points of concern in the EODY data.
According to today’s report, young people are anything but invulnerable to the coronavirus. Specifically, during the last twenty-four hours, intubated people are fighting the virus. 11 persons (10 men and one woman) old 18 to 39 years. Of the same age group, they have lost their lives to the coronavirus until today 36 persons. This is 0.8% of the total losses, which means approximately one in every hundred dead is under 39 years old.
Typical is the case of the 24- and 28-year-olds from Larissa and Patras who lost their lives this week. Young people (18 to 39 years old) are the 35.6% of the total cases coronavirus.
It should be noted that the data about your computer also causes concern 40 to 65 years. This age group counts 655 dead (14.4%), while the vast majority of the losses correspond to people over 65 years of age (3,862 deaths, that is, 84.8%). As far as they are concerned intubated, they are currently fighting in the ICU 170 people from 40 to 64 years old and 292 of 65 years or more.
See the EODY report with all the data for each age group:
“Barometer” holidays
A few hours before the first vaccinations begin in Greece, scientists remain committed to the issue of compliance. Speaking to OPEN, the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association Athanasios Exadaktylos said that the effects of relaxation that may occur during the holidays will be seen in 15 days, while for the arrival of the first vaccines in Greece, he noted that “vaccines now they are a reality and the light in the real tunnel. “
Mr. Exadaktylos also spoke about the schools, which according to government spokesman Stelios Petsas would likely open on January 8. The president of the PIS has highlighted in this regard that “only when we closed the training did we see the situation stabilize … The Commission will examine it in early January, which will have data. The Ministry of Education is also oriented in this direction, that is, making the crucial decision for the opening of schools at the beginning of January.
Mr. Exadaktylos confirmed, however, that “there will be a priority to open schools and other subsequent activities for the society to function.”
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