Update – 27/08/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities yesterday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 9,280. Health authorities concerns increased again on Wednesday after officials announced a new record of coronavirus infections – 293 cases in 24 hours and 5 new deaths, raising the death toll to 248. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 33, while 145 patients have exited the intensive care unit.

Regarding the cases reported yesterday:

• 22 were detected during the tests carried out at Greece’s entry points
• 10 are imported cases, which requested testing voluntarily
• 103 cases were detected in Attica region, 18 of which are related to recent travel within the country
• 54 cases were detected in Thessaloniki region, 4 of which are related to recent travel within the country
• 1 case was detected in Argolida
• 2 cases were detected in Arta
• 2 cases were detected in Achaia
• 1 case was detected in Boeotia
• 1 case was detected in Evros
• 1 case was detected in Euboea
• 9 cases were detected in Imathia, 3 of which report contact with a confirmed case
• 3 cases were detected in Heraklion
• 1 case was detected in Ioannina
• 1 case was detected in Kavala
• 2 cases were detected in Karditsa
• 2 cases were detected in Kerkyra
• 9 cases were detected in Kozani, 6 of which report contact with a confirmed case and 1 is related to recent travel within the country
• 1 case was detected in Corinthia
• 9 cases were detected in Cyclades
• 4 cases were detected in Larissa
• 1 case was detected in Lasithi
• 2 cases were detected in Lesvos
• 1 case was detected in Magnesia
• 5 cases were detected in Messinia
• 4 cases were detected in Pella, 1 of which is related to recent travel within the country
• 5 cass were detected in Pieria
• 1 case was detected in Preveza
• 3 cases were detected in Rethymno, all of which report contact with a confirmed case
• 1 case was detected in Rhodope
• 1 case was detected in Trikala
• 9 cases were detected in Chalkidiki
• 5 cases were detected in Chania, 4 of which report contact with a confirmed case
• 6 cases are under investigation

MEASURES/RESTRICTIONS

• Two more patients of a Thessaloniki nursing home who had been infected with Covid-19 by a staff member have died, taking the toll from that cluster to 11, Skai reported on Thursday. The former patients of the nursing home in Asvestochori were identified as a woman aged 83 and a 90-year-old man. They died at the northern port city’s AHEPA general hospital. Recent outbreaks at the Asvestochori facility and at another nursing home in Evosmos, also in Thessaloniki, has promoted authorities to mull further restrictions on such facilities, on top of stricter visitation rights. The new measures are expected to be announced on Thursday by Deputy Labor Minister for Social Affairs Domna Michailidou during the Health Ministry’s briefing on the course of the pandemic in Greece.

• Authorities announced that emergency measures at Ambelonas in Larissa implemented earlier this month have been lifted. As of Wednesday, 26 August and through to 6am on September 2, the midnight-7am curfew at bars, clubs, and restaurants remains in effect as does the 50 max cap on participation at social events, public or private, with the exceptions of restaurants, theatre, and cinemas.

• On the island of Lesvos, which has imposed tighter measures due to a rise in cases, the central Vostanio General Hospital announced that regular surgeries have been suspended until August 31 after two hospital employees were found to be positive to the virus.

• In the Greek capital, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis announced the municipality’s action plan for the Covid-19 crisis as Athenians return from their holidays and schools prepare to open. In collaboration with the country’s National Public Health Organization (EODY), the municipality will be carrying out daily sanitation of roads, squares and public spaces in 129 neighborhoods, distributing free masks to students and teachers at all Athens schools, increasing staff at Athens municipal health clinics, and reinstating help hotlines and increasing blood donor days at municipal health clinics in efforts to meet the demand.

• Workers in bright yellow vests stand on the dock in Greece’s main port of Piraeus, greeting hundreds of masked ferry passengers with fliers and the occasional temperature check. Free on-the-spot tests for travelers returning from Greek islands where outbreaks have occurred is the latest in an arsenal of measures authorities are using to tackle a resurgence of Covid-19 in a country.

HEALTH

• In Attica, where experts expect the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the coming days due to the return of holidaymakers and the opening of schools, Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis allocated nearly 100 million euros in funding to boost medical and nursing staff at 73 Attica health facilities for the next two years.

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