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Greece coronavirus: Lockdown possibility throughout Greece for at least 15days.

Talk of a general lockdown throughout Greece as a new record of cases has been announced.

“Explosion” within the country, due to the outburst of coronavirus, which may fall in the coming days.

According to exclusive information of in.gr. scientists suggested to the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during the meeting in government house Maximou, a general lockdown throughout the country.

Essentially, the return of Greece to the regime of March – April, with the closure of all stores, and retail, everywhere, a ban on traffic and the resumption of SMS for travel and circulation.

The information of in.gr speaks of a suggestion that has been made, but the final decision, which is purely political, will be taken by the prime minister. Possibly any decision to be announced in the next two days and after the situation in the country is recorded, both in terms of the level of cases and in terms of the situation prevailing in the ICUs.

The information states that today EODY announced a large number of cases which broke yesterday’s record of 2,166. Standing at 2646 new cases within the last 24 hours and 18 deaths.

Yesterday, the number of intubated people also jumped to 169 with those in charge ringing the alarm bell in regards to the endurance of our Health system. As today there is a large increase then it is more than possible that the decisions will be more crucial.

It is not ruled out, however, as an alternative, to announce a general lockdown in Attica and the closure of high schools and lyceums and to leave the primary schools open.

A total lockdown in Attica or nationwide across the country is suggested by the infectious disease committee to the prime minister, in a last-ditch effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus

Thus, in the meeting they had with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the infectious disease specialists suggested that he make a general lockdown in Attica for a month. The second scenario is universal lockdown across the territory.

The suggestion is for this to take effect immediately, in the next 24 hours.

“We have to see how the measures we have taken will pay off. It seems that in Kozani and Kastoria they perform. “If necessary, we will ban the movements from prefecture to prefecture,” the government spokesman noted.

It is therefore a possibility to move from county to county.

Microbiology professor Alkiviadis Vatopoulos spoke about the new negative case record and the measures that must be taken, emphasizing, among other things, that decisions must be made quickly for a lockdown.

“I do not know if we can afford to wait for the measures to be effective. The committee of experts proposes stricter things than those that are adopted “.

Speaking about the ban from moving from prefecture to prefecture, the professor said that he was among the suggestions of the experts, however it is partially covered by the traffic ban measure after 12 p.m.

In the case of a generalized lockdown, Mr. Vatopoulos speaking to SKAI said that it will last 15 days.

Full story in Greek click on source link https://www.in.gr

About Louise Inzk

Louise is Australian born and has been a Greek citizen since 1991. She has deep cultural ties with the island, often writing about Zakynthian Traditions and Culture. She is also an active member of the Volunteer Group of Zakynthos, Giostra Di Zante and is a member of the women's choir "Rodambelos". Her love of the island and all it offers saw her joining the Zakynthos (Zante) Informer admin team in 2014.

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