The Minister of Health and the members of the Advisory Scientific Committee for the coronavirus are meeting extraordinarily this afternoon, in order to decide whether new measures will be taken to limit its spread Covid-19, while the prevailing scenario is that new measures may be announced before Thursday, due to the pressure on hospitals.
According to KYPE, during the session, which will take place at 14:30 via video conference, new proposals will be made to address the pandemic in the light of the epidemiological picture so far, while the possibility of extending the restrictive measures will be considered. in the form of a general lockdown.
Restriction on travel as well
According to the same information, the scenario of the tightening of the measures is now considered a given, with the members of the scientific team proposing a type of general lockdown, which will include a restriction on the movements, with the possible resumption of the sms.
Restrictions on rallies, meanwhile, will continue to exist, as epidemiologists say they are key to curbing the spread of the virus.
The Ministerial is likely to meet tomorrow
Moreover, the same information states that the Council of Ministers may meet extraordinarily tomorrow, and not on Thursday, as scheduled, to evaluate the proposals of epidemiologists and take the final decisions.
It is noted that the measures for the prevention of the pandemic, which are in force, expire on January 10, however, the increase in the number of patients, the beds available for the Covid-19, which is on the verge of extinction, as well as the detection of the new strain of the virus from the United Kingdom have alerted the authorities, with a more likely scenario of decisions being taken sooner.
The situation does not change until the 10th of the month
As a competent source stated in KYPE, "the situation in the hospitals is pressing and will not change in the coming days, on the contrary, it will last for several more weeks".
"We know what is happening and how things will turn out in the coming days. Until January 10, not much will change. "There is no reason to wait any longer to make decisions," the source added.
Total lockdown or extension of measures?
However, a number of members of the scientific team consider the extension of the measures unquestionable, however, they are not in favor of a total lockdown, since, as they claim, there are other measures, which, cumulatively or as a whole, can work just as well.