The towns of Kalymnos on the eponymous island and Kordelio-Evosmos in the Thessaloniki region have been upgraded to high-alert status in terms of coronavirus infections as of Saturday (Feb. 20) to March 1, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said on Friday during a live briefing, according to ANA.
Hardalias also noted that there was no improvement in the following areas already ‘in the red’ in terms of infections: Achaia and Evia Prefectures (for the latter, Skyros island is exempt), Mykonos Town, and Attica Region. Restrictions in these areas remain in place as already known, to February 28.
Restrictions will not be extended for Thera (Santorini) proper, Agios Nikolaos (Crete), Zakynthos island, Eordea (Macedonia) and Sparta (Peloponnese), he said, as the viral load in these areas is dropping.
Greece’s epidemiological load remains stable, with 44 being the median age of new coronavirus cases, said Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Vana Papaevangelou at Friday’s briefing on the pandemic.
The British variant of the virus seems to be dispersing broadly, she noted, although most of these infections are not imported from abroad. The population’s vaccination is therefore recommended, bearing in mind that the British strain will potentially prevail, as there are now 700 cases of infection from this strain, spread across 32 of the country’s regions, she pointed out.
In Thessaloniki, active cases number 1,200, while the dispersal of the South African strain at the municipality of Evosmos is alarming, as is the continued dispersal of the virus in working spaces in the country, Papaevangelou said.
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