In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, patience is a virtue, said the Health Ministry’s coronavirus spokesman and infectious diseases professor Sotiris Tsiodras on Monday evening, ANA reports.
Speaking at the televised daily briefing on the pandemic’s development, he said “ we will wait patiently, any prediction is uncertain,” but he added that mathematical models currently show a slow spread.
Tsiodras made a special reference to the issue of preventive protection of doctors and health workers at large, pointing out that the possibility was being considered of “providing them with a safe and effective therapy for a period between 8 to 12 weeks” as a preventative measure.
He also underlined that children’s vaccinations should continue regardless of the pandemic. “The timely vaccination of children aged up to two years, especially for the vaccinations of immediate priority, is very important,” he noted.
Tsiodras announced 56 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours and 5 new deaths and said this brings the country’s total to 1,212 confirmed infections and 43 deaths.
Speaking of the upcoming Orthodox Easter (April 19), Civil Protection Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias said that “this Easter will be different – we will not go to our villages, we will not roast a lamb on a spit, and we will not go to church.” He acknowledged the temptations of improving weather and longer days in breaking curfew but called on the public to keep the measures and prevent additional ones from being imposed.
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