The “green light” is given to the experts in order to start the gradual lifting of the restrictive measures in our country at the same time that one by one, both the European countries and the USA, proceed to the gradual lifting of the restrictive measures that had been taken for the its limitation pandemic of coronavirus. This was also evident at the conference of European Health Ministers in Lyon on Wednesday, where the view of a return to normalcy prevailed.
In this light, Sweden is proceeding with the complete lifting of the measures, while it also stops providing free tests to the citizens, effectively declaring the end of the pandemic.
In the UK, one month ahead of schedule, on 24 February, the last remaining restrictions will be lifted, including isolation for those who test positive for the virus.
Respectively, Spain and Italy are abolishing the masks outdoors, while France is considering the abolition of the sanitary pass from April.
The same situation prevails on the other side of the Atlantic, in the USA and specifically in New York, in the state of Illinois as well as in California, it was announced the lifting of the obligation to use a mask in most interiors and businesses, which is in line with the statement. of the White House Chief Infectious Diseases Specialist, Anthony Fauci, who noted that the virus is now entering an endemic phase.
In Hellas, the Committee of Experts is concerned with the increased epidemiological burden and the transfer of cases to older people. “The virus will find the unvaccinated and infect them,” said the professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vana Papaevangelouin the context of regular information on the course of the pandemic.
The increased number of active cases, he stressed, which reaches 1.5% of the population in Greece, but also the fact that the virus has spread throughout the country, in combination with the pressure that continues to receive the NSS, as well as A small but apparent increase in hospitalizations over the age of 65 does not yet allow the committee to de-escalate the measures. “And this is done in combination with the fact that we are still in the winter,” he stressed.
At this juncture, “all of Greece is in deep red”, regarding the epidemiological map, Ms. Papaevangelou pointed out, however, described the gradual lifting of restrictions as possible, noting that “the phase is coming when we will learn to coexist with the coronavirus and “Everyone should take action.”
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