The assessment that there are no thoughts for interim measures until January 3, the day that has been given as the starting point of the second phase of the plan to stop the coronavirus, was given by Professor of Epidemiology Gikas Majorkinis through ERT and the show Nea Matia.
“If we saw an increase in pressure on the NSS , measures could be taken accordingly, however we are in a phase of decompression and reduction of imports. “We are in a phase of monitoring and surveillance at the moment,” he said.
” We are in a state of pre-storm . Omicron is here, our difference with London, which has seen the cases five times over, is that we have some measures. “The greater the commitment, the better the treatment,” he said, describing the percentage of the unvaccinated as a “hole” in the measures, who manages to bypass the restrictions in various ways. “It's not more than 10 to 15% in stores but that too can carry the virus,” he said.
“Omicron, wherever it has gone, has created a dramatic increase. At some point we will reach 10-12,000 cases. We do not know when but it will happen. What concerns us is the pressure on the NSS because the new executive has a different profile. We have reached a good level of immunity over 70% , people are cooperating with the vaccination and we expect it to help with the self tests as well “, he said, calling on the citizens in case they want to go to more than two events to buy more tests from the pharmacy.
“We do not go to distance education”
He ruled out the possibility of schools being closed after the holidays. “We have no reason to switch to reduced quality education, such as distance learning. We have the vaccines and the testing. “E-learning is on the shelf far away from us at the moment,” he said. Answering a relevant question, he said that there is currently no discussion about a change in the protocols in force in schools, noting, however, that school trips are under discussion, something that the committee will deal with in the coming days.
For possible measures in catering and entertainment, he estimated that there will be nothing for the next two weeks. “Once we see an increase in the pressure on the health system, we will judge which of the measures on the shelf will need to be implemented, such as increasing the testing, reducing the density of people, time constraints, but this is a theoretical scenario, because there is currently no pressure on the system. “What counts at this stage is vaccinations,” he said.
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