What is the Government considering in case of further outbreak of the pandemic

By Dimitris Gatsios

Under the… microscope of the government staff and experts are on a daily basis the figures of the new pandemic wave that affects the country, but also the whole of Europe, with intensity. The map of the epidemic… is getting heavier and heavier, with 23 regional units being in… deep red, the health structures, mainly in Thessaly and northern Greece are under constant pressure, the ov heavy Autumn of Covid-19 is reflected in the total 555 deaths and 66,127 cases in the first ten days of November and it is a common estimate that at the present time the peak of the virus is recorded, with the phenomenon, anyway, being dynamic.

At Megaro Maximou, at the same time, they give… time to the measures that were implemented last Saturday to operate, without rushing to… renew the quiver of interventions, as the relevant JMC has an expiration date of November 22nd. “Our country, like most countries in Europe, is facing a new wave of pandemic that mainly affects the unvaccinated. Unlike last year, this year we have the vaccine to address the problem, which is proven to be safe and effective. This, after all, is evident from both research and the daily data of our hospitals, according to which nine out of ten patients in Intensive Care Units are unvaccinated. “society to function, in the majority of Greeks who have been vaccinated to live more freely”, is the message sent by government officials. In addition to the explicit assurance that the country will not once again enter the grip of a lockdown, in the first line is the strengthening of the National Health System, especially in the regions, which are under pressure. In this context, the possible recruitment of private doctors seems to be a matter of time, although there is optimism that the necessary number of medical staff will eventually be found, at the behest of the doctors themselves.

At the same time, in the scenario where the situation in terms of cases, intubations and deaths… escapes, then in the first line is expected to come a… plan B, with the main point being the adjustment of the rules for entering supermarkets, as these rules worked in previous pandemic waves . “We can not limit the negative to go get the basic food. There are negatives who do not even do the rapid test, we can not limit them, they must enter the supermarkets freely. What I said and it is that because we have a “We could reconsider the density of people entering the stores. We can reconsider this,” said Deputy Minister of Development Nikos Papathanasis a few twenty-four hours ago, giving a first impression of the government’s intentions. In addition to restoring the proportion of customers per square meter, on the… table is the resumption of mask use in all outdoor areas, while another measure that, of course, could provoke reactions is to allow the unvaccinated to enter only supermarkets and in pharmacies. That is, the implementation of a peculiar lockdown only for our fellow citizens who have not been vaccinated.