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Zakynthos:- an emergency meeting in progress with all our authorities in regards to combating the spread of the coronavirus

The  emergency teleconference, in which the Deputy Regional Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Miliotis, had the role of coordinator, was attended by representatives from the eleven Municipalities of the Ionian Islands Region, Deputy Regional Governors, Service Directors of the Ionian region, representatives of the Security Forces, Police from all the Regional Units, representatives of the Health Structures of the islands, representatives of the Commercial Associations and the Regional Directorate of Education. Regarding our island, the Commander of the General Hospital, George Ragousis, also participated in the teleconference, who gave a picture of concerns coronavirus cases on our island.

What was stressed at the joint special meeting is that the Ionian Islands Region is on alert to avoid the spread of Covid19, on the occasion of new data, such as the opening of Secondary Schools from Monday, February 1st.

Locally

The Deputy Regional Governor of Zakynthos, George Stasinopoulos, when asked if further measures will be taken, stressed that this will be decided by the experts.

“It simply came to our notice then. We are here to implement the measures and keep our local community safe. Certainly these are decided by EODY and the Ministry. Health and will inform us about further developments “.

Mr. Stasinopoulos also noted that the Regional Unit of Zakynthos is doing everything possible to control the spread of the coronavirus on our island and the image of our place to be better.

“Our goal is to control the possible spreads that exist and to be able to limit the spread of the virus. We have discussed and analyzed this and certainly with the help of the government and the control mechanisms the controls will continue and we will be as strict as possible in the issue of dispersion so that we are all healthy “.

In fact, the Deputy Regional Governor of Zakynthos stressed that the reflexes of the Region that is struggling to identify the problem and to stop the increase of cases were also recognized.

“As far as Zakynthos is concerned, the quick reflexes that we had as a Regional Unit and as all the involved bodies that identified the problem were identified and those who had coronavirus were immediately tracked down. We are trying to reduce the situation. In combination with the Health Directorate and the Police, the Port Authority and the Commercial Association, we are in constant communication “.

More news to come.

Source: HMERA

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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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