Because the government and experts decided to extend the measures for catering and entertainment for a week

By Dimitris Gatsios

In the footsteps left on a daily basis by the indicators of the pandemic virus in the community, the attention of the government and experts of the Ministry of Health will be focused for the next seven days. And this, as the course of cases, but also two other important fronts of Covid-19, related to the number of admissions to hospitals and Intensive Care Units are expected to… reveal the roadmap for lifting restrictive measures in focus and pandemic.

As expected from the data of the last twenty-four hours, the committee of experts, after the long-awaited meeting on Wednesday, unanimously suggested the extension of the existing interventions for a week and now any new moves will be the focal point of the discussions, which will take place. from next Monday onwards.

According to government officials, in recent days there may be a de-escalation of new cases of the pandemic, but the course of Covid-19 remains, in any case, uncertain, due to the large number of asymptomatic carriers and the increased transmissibility of the strain. Omicron “of the virus. “The pressure on the health system continues. And what we need to note is that, while the Omicron variant is prevalent in the community, about half of the hospitalizations come from the Delta mutation. “ICU, which is due to Delta. At the same time, the vast majority of people who need intubation are consistently unvaccinated,” said agents. The fixed point on the horizon that will define the momentum of the lifting of measures in restaurants, entertainment and stadiums are the careful steps, aimed at protecting public health and strengthening hospitals throughout the country.

“We are weighing the magnitude of the pandemic every week. The reality is that we have a de-escalation in cases. But there is a pressure going on in single Covid beds and ICUs. We are in the second week of operation with lifelong learning in schools. “Obviously all these elements are taken into account. They are being weighed. They need to be measured and evaluated in the coming days. I think we are very close to lifting these restrictions that have been in place since the end of last year,” the government spokesman said. . The της strategy of de-escalation of restrictions will be put on the table in the closed meetings of Megaro Maximos, under Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which will start next Monday. The first two meetings of the week, the “pandemic” of the pandemic virus indicators and the next meeting of the committee will outline the intentions regarding the interventions, with the prevailing scenario, at the moment, wanting the relaxation of the bans by the authorities February.