The pandemic management team is on standby, closely monitoring the daily indicators and the effectiveness of the measures taken since the end of November. The daily records continue to move upwards, a trend that if not reversed in the next ten days, is considered certain to lead to a new intervention of the epidemiological team. The experts monitor the indicators related to the new cases but also to the hospitalizations that move proportionally upwards. Specifically on Thursday night, the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health announced 635 new cases detected in 87,780 disease detection tests by the molecular method (PCR) and the method of rapid antigen detection (antigen rapid test). The new cases have raised the percentage of positivity to 0,72%, a number that, if further increased in the next period, will cause new measures. In contrast to the new cases that fluctuate day by day, the hospitalizations record a steady upward trend. 139 patients on Thursday night COVID-19 it was announced that they are being treated, of which 44 are in serious condition. 76.65% of patients do not have a history of vaccination. At the same time, 2 deaths were announced, raising the total number to 607.
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At the Ministry of Health, experts can not determine with certainty the next day, leaving all scenarios open. For schools that have made a significant contribution to the measures taken, there is currently no issue of new intervention. As "K" wrote, until Thursday noon there was no issue of early closure for the holidays, despite the fact that the spread of the virus from school units remains at alarming levels. Sources from the Ministry of Education did not leave much room for additional measures at least until next Sunday. The whole situation will be re-evaluated next week and depending on the results, measures will be taken or not. According to the information of "K", the early closing of the comments, as an option, is on the table but an effort is made not to use it and there is a short time left until the planned closing of the schools on December 23 for the holidays.
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As "K" has written, the psychological limit for the Ministry of Health is the number 600 to 700 new cases. During the last four days, the daily records show fluctuations, sometimes above and sometimes below the limit. The picture is believed to clear up next week. In the event that the number of new cases stabilizes above the threshold, in this case new measures beyond schools should not be ruled out. What worries mainly at the political level is the possibility that the events may go beyond the plans that have been made and whose main aim is to avoid, at all costs, last year's experience that struck the holiday economy and left its mark on the social level. However, as competent sources in "K" pointed out, even if it is possible for the holidays to roll with the existing package of measures, it is expected that the period after the holidays will be particularly difficult, first of all due to the contagious Delta mutation and the relaxed atmosphere of the festive season.
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