Update – 25/09/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 16,627. 9 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 366. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 68. 342 new cases where announced yesterday in Greece, maintaining the daily number above 300. Attica continued to account for the lion’s share of new cases, reporting a record 213 positive tests.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to the public on Thursday to wear masks and comply with health safety regulations so that stricter coronavirus containment measures can be averted, saying that it is a choice between “self-protection and lockdown.”

“The mask is our vaccination until we have a vaccination,” Mitsotakis said in a televised appeal to the public, warning that failure to comply and brings down the number of new infections and hospitalizations will lead to lockdown measures. “Lockdowns mean closed businesses and unemployment,” Mitsotakis said, warning of the damage to the already beleaguered economy by stricter restrictions and of the impact on society. “The weeks ahead will likely determine the months and maybe even years to come, so we need to stay a step ahead of the coronavirus rather than behind it,” the prime minister added. “Managing the pandemic is not a pendulum that swings from total lockdown to total complacency,” he said.

An infectious disease expert said on Thursday that the obligatory use of face masks indoors and outdoors could help slow down its spread in the community. Speaking to TV channel Skai, Marios Lazanas said the expert committee advising the government on the coronavirus has not discussed a lockdown or the closing of schools, but the issue might be proposed in the future if current measures do not bear fruit. “A lockdown is financially painful. What is required is the tightening of measures with mandatory use of the face mask indoors and outdoors,” Lazanas, who is a member of the committee, said. He said the measure is cheap and effective. “If there are 4 or 5 people without a mask, isn’t it that a gathering? What’s wrong with wearing a mask?” he asked.

Lazanas also stressed the need to decongest public transport by increasing the frequency of services, possibly by renting buses. With regard to workplaces, the infectious disease specialist suggested increasing the rate of teleworking and measure to protect jobs.

Regarding yesterday’s 342 cases:

30 were detected during the tests carried out at Greece’s entry points

213 cases were detected in the regional unit of Attica

11 cases were detected in the regional unit of Thessaloniki

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Etoloakarnania

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Argolida

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Achaia

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Viotia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Grevena

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Evia

7 cases were detected in the regional unit of Ioannina

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kastoria

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kea-Kithnos

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kozani

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Korinthia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Lesvos

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Larissa

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Messinia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Paros

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pella

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Pieria

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Preveza

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Rhodes

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Samos

7 cases were detected in the regional unit of Serres

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Syros

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Tinos

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Trikala

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Fthiotida

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Florina

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Chios

23 cases remain under investigation

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