“Apart from the general quarantine, I do not rule out any other measure, such as the extension of the compulsory vaccination”, stressed the Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, in an interview this morning on the Ant1 television station.
Regarding the course of the pandemic, the new measures and the support of businesses that are affected, Mr. Georgiadis said that “we expected the increase in cases, to have 30,000 cases per day, but it came a week earlier. We should not just look at this number. There is no impact or burden on the health system. Anyone who has been vaccinated and is sick with the Omicron mutation has mild symptoms and passes it in five days, like a cold. “Unfortunately, we even have the Delta mutation.”
“For the next 2-3 weeks we will have a big upset in our lives, because we will have a peak of the pandemic. As long as the pressure on the health system does not increase, there is no prospect of new measures. If finally taken, these will mainly concern the unvaccinated. The biggest problem is the unvaccinated over 60 years and their protection. “Apart from the general quarantine, I do not rule out any other measures, such as the extension of the compulsory vaccination”, he added.
As the minister stated, “this week the measures will be decided for the victims, mainly in the field of night entertainment and catering, which were closed and which did not have 100% cancellations. Many industries have been affected, but not all the same, it is one thing to close a store and another to be open until midnight, such as restaurants. We must look at them in the light of the potential of the economy, as a new year has begun. “
Regarding schools, he noted that as a father and not as a minister, as he has no relevant responsibility, he says that “I do not like closed schools. For my young son, distance learning helped a little, but not completely, while my other son, who is at the age of preparing for university exams, is completely deregulated. “As Minister of Development, I say that closed schools mean upheaval in the economy, but if scientists say otherwise, we will see.”
For the ceiling in pcr tests
“In rapid tests the competition has worked and while the ceiling is 10 euros, the citizen can find it in pharmacies and 5 and 6 and 7 euros. In the pcr test, the prices in the private centers have been “locked” at 60 euros, we will see the price of the ceiling again, today this discussion will open. “But you know that they have other costs for the big chains and others for the small diagnostic centers”, as the minister noted.
Finally, he referred to the restaurant in Kypseli, where a check was made on New Year’s Eve and a lot of violations were found, typically saying that “in Kypseli, the inimitable thing happened. The information about the store in Kypseli came to me, I informed the service, it checked and “sealed” the store. The next afternoon it was open again, we went again and closed it again. “At least it was closed last night.”
For the images in the Constitution on New Year
“These images are completely unacceptable. “As soon as I saw them, I called the police and they told me that this lasted for about half an hour,” said Mr. Georgiadis about the picture with the hundreds of foreigners who crowded the Constitution at the change of time, many of them without even wearing protective masks.
He added that the police told him that they had been informed that there would be no event, due to the measures for the pandemic and that the gathered people had left Syntagma Square within half an hour.
“Every year it happens that foreigners are in Syntagma Square for the change of time. “Since 2000, I have seen videos on Youtube, as Greeks are at home for the change of time”, the minister added.
What will judge the loss in the market
Also the minister in an interview, then on SKAI 100.3 radio He noted that if this situation lasts for 15 days, the damage to the market will be small but if it lasts longer, it will be large, while he added that already last week the market suffered a slight decline.
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