The Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, spoke to SKAI and the show “Simera” about the reasoning of the government behind the imposition of the new measures to stop the pandemic that will take effect from Monday.
“The measures are being taken because we need to put a stop to the spread of the pandemic and not reach the situation that prevails in Northern Europe and keep the market open at Christmas.” stressed the Minister.
He explained that the measures are not punitive for unvaccinated citizens and the restrictions imposed are aimed at protecting both themselves and others: “Our unvaccinated citizens are in danger and we want to protect them, not punish them. “Because their health is endangered, consequently the NSS is also endangered with more hospitalizations.”
Referring to the possibility of a new general ban in the country, the minister ruled it out again, citing two main reasons: “We consider that we do not have the moral right to impose it because 75% of adults have been vaccinated so there is no immediate risk of a pandemic.” Also, we have given proportionally most of the money in proportion to the country’s GDP to support businesses and we can no longer give more. Like Europe does not open the tap to give money due to inflation. The idea of ​​doing a lockdown without financially supporting the business is like leading it to bankruptcy. So let’s forget this scenario
However, Mr. Georgiadis left open the possibility of taking additional measures for the vaccinated, “to the extent that they can burden the National Health System,” as he said.
Regarding the strengthening of the health system, Mr. Georgiadis stated that since the time of the SYRIZA government, the ICUs have more than doubled and as he characteristically stated, “no matter how much we want, even if we had 1 billion euros, we can not make more because we do not have staff to staff them “
“Germany, with the most ICUs per 100 people in the world, sends patients to neighboring countries abroad because their own do not reach due to pressure on its health system. “So no matter how many ICUs you build, if you do not stop the pandemic, they will not be enough,” he said.
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