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Emergency shutdown: The Prime Minister, the Mayor of Thessaloniki, and the Governor of Central Macedonia have called on Thessaloniki and other Macedonian prefectures to keep Thessaloniki locked up due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has been in Thessaloniki since Saturday morning and visited Ippokratio, the EKAB operations center in Pylaia, Papageorgiou and then went to YMATH where he chaired a meeting with the mayor of Thessaloniki, Constantine Zerva, the regional governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikosta, The Deputy Minister of Macedonia – Thrace, Theodoros Karaoglou, in the presence of the government representative, Stelios Petsas and the Minister of Health, Vassilis Kikilias, while at YMATH he was received by the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Maria Antoniou and the Commander of the National Authority
The central theme of the prime minister’s visit to the co-capital is the management and how to deal with the pandemic, which especially affects northern Greece.
Upon leaving the meeting, Messrs. K. Zervas, A. Tzitzikostas and T. Karaoglou made statements to the media, highlighting that at this time there is no thought of removing the blockage, andat the same time they asked financial support from Thessaloniki because the city’s economy has suffered an irreparable blow.
The need to continue with the measures and intensify controls, said Mr. Karaoglou, while emphasizing that the health system endures and will endure. “The government is in no rush,” he said, referring to the lifting of the shutdown and sent an optimistic message that there appears to be a reduction in viral load from the AUTh investigation in the city’s wastewater. “The most important thing is to ensure the least possible number of human losses,” he concluded.
See the statements of Mr. Karaoglou:
For an important meeting at a difficult time for Thessaloniki, Mr. Zervas saying “that with epidemiological characteristics at this time it is difficult to eliminate the blockage. I will not ask when, as mayor of this city, we will enter into some regularity if the health of the citizens is not guaranteed the next day. “Any opening for retail and catering will have to do with much better epidemiological characteristics.” The third wave of the pandemic is a fact, he emphasized, and stated that “I am against opening up to schools, It shouldn’t be valid until Christmas. “
At the same time, he asked compensation for the economic losses of professionals in Decemberwhile he also spoke about the Marshall Plan that he has requested for Thessaloniki. The mayor asked for help in the city hospitals and the OASTH, while he also asked for an authorized Civil Protection advisor for Thessaloniki.
See the statements of Mr. Zervas:
For his part Apostolos Tzitzikostas stated that Central Macedonia it tries to tackle both the health and financial fronts. “I expressed my concern to the Prime Minister about the opening of the economy in the near future.” I think it should also be done with great care for schools, “he said and stressed that” you have to be very careful in opening. I asked the prime minister to extend financial support for December and January, as well as an emergency plan to save the economy, “Tzitzikostas revealed.
See the statements of Mr. Tzitzikostas:
With information from typosthes.gr
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