January 29 According to a report by the Greece Local Media, on the evening of January 28, local time, the Greek National Public Health Organization announced that in the past 24 hours, Greece has added 716 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a total of 154,796 confirmed cases; 18 new deaths and 574 deaths on the same day. 2 cases
Achilles Gikas, a member of the Greek expert committee on the coronavirus pandemic, reportedly said on the same day: “Today is a difficult day, and Attica is likely to become a red area with high risk of pandemic.”
He explained that Attica now faces serious problems, especially after the emergence of mutant viruses, it is necessary to take measures to limit the spread of the virus.
The Greek Committee of Experts on Coronavirus and other medical experts expressed strong concern about the trend of the pandemic after the opening of schools.
It is better not to open schools on February 1,” said Nix Zanakis, director of the respiratory department at Heraklion Hospital and vice president of the Greek Lung Association.
“From the indicators available, Attica is at higher risk of the outbreak and schools should not be opened,” he stressed. He supports keeping junior and high schools closed amid the growing number of confirmed cases.
“We have to keep the cases under 800,” Zanakis said.
Combined with winter weather changes, closed sites, and the number of existing coronavirus cases, it is expected that the pandemic will return to the darkest moment in November 2020 in two to three weeks.
He believes that in essence, this is the third wave of the pandemic in Greece and the strongest one so far.
Zanakis said that the second wave of the pandemic seems to be over, but it triggered a worse third wave of the pandemic.
There may be three reasons: first, Greece’s epidemiological system has long been overwhelmed, second, the COVID-19 has mutated, and third, the progress of vaccine production and vaccination is not optimistic.
Greece is going through a very difficult period, Greek respiratory doctor Theodorus Vasilakopoulos told the media that Greece is going through a very difficult period.
“We are very worried about the direction of the pandemic now.
And action must be taken before the pandemic gets out of control.
Referring to retail, Vasila Coppoulos said that retail can no longer continue to operate in the current way.
He stressed that the store should restart the operation mode of booking to the store.
He added: “Schools can only reopen if the retail industry changes the way it operates.”
Demosinez Salyanis, a professor at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, also warned: “If we still open schools as planned in the presence of mutant viruses, the number of new cases per day will exceed 2,000 by March.”
