By Dimitris Gatsios
The controls that start today for the observance of the measures against the pandemic, which have been in force for twenty-four hours, will be sweeping.
About 10,000 police officers will be on the streets, after the special meeting that took place at the Maximos Palace, with top government ministers.
With the number of cases breaking one record after another and the new “Omicron” of Covid-19 dominating, a big bet for the government staff is the implementation of interventions to build a wall to further increase the dispersion.
In this context, the controls in restaurants and entertainment stores will be intensive and extensive both for the observance of the schedule, as well as the restrictions concerning the seated, the number of people per table and the prohibition of music.
In addition to the urban centers, special emphasis will be given by the control mechanisms to the winter tourist destinations, as well as to the ski resorts. Checks will also be carried out for recreational events in private venues for a fee or if they include rental or music entertainment services.
Maximos Palace and experts from the Ministry of Health will continue to have under their … microscope the course of the indicators of the pandemic virus. And the focus is not only on infections, but also on hospitalization and intubation, as they judge, in each case, the increase in pressure on the health system. In this context, the meetings in the week after the New Year will be continuous, with the aim of evaluating the … canvas of the interventions announced at noon on Wednesday by the Minister of Health, Thanos Plevris.
Focus on schools
In the coming days, in fact, the specialists of the Ministry of Health will be occupied by another critical front. And this is nothing more than the resumption of classes in elementary, high schools and lyceums, which is scheduled for the 10th of January.
The government remains firm in its position expressed for days now for the normal return of students to the desks. “Our intention and strategy is for the schools to open normally on time. We will use whatever tool we have in our hands. A very powerful test, for the children to come to the schools tested. We have the experience from the previous period, the which we should not underestimate, that the protocols we had in the schools worked in. We managed to keep the schools open from September to December, something that no one expected when we started, and that’s because we had the most frequent testing in all of Europe “Because we had specific protocols. During all this time, at times, only 200 departments out of 80,000 were closed. This is the reality,” said (Antenna) the government spokesman, Giannis Oikonomou.
What is to be born with the school health protocols, therefore, remains to be answered within the next week, although there are… voices among the experts who talk about extending one week in the Christmas school holidays.
In addition to the front of lifelong learning, for the past two and a half hours ζήτηση the debate on extending compulsory education to age groups under 60 has resumed. “We are not dogmatic in the obligation but we are considering extending it according to age criteria”, noted (Sky) Mr. Plevris, leaving παρά the window for the expansion of the obligation cycle wide open, while announcements from the government are also expected for its… time horizon vaccination certificate, which is expected to last for seven months.
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Source From: Capital
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