A meeting of the Health Ministry's committee of 32 experts on the outbreak of cases of coronavirus and of measures that are on the table and according to sources ethnos.gr the first decision that has been taken and will be proposed to the government is to impose a universal lockdown in Patras. Which means that all of the schools and the shops.
As reported on Thursday (4/2) the ethnos.gr, except the Municipality of Patreon, in the red areas of the hazard map, due to the coronavirus, it was expected that the Achaia, on the basis of a proposal from the infectious diseases experts.
The tightening of the measures in Patras had been announced, as there was a large dispersion both in the Municipality of Patras and throughout Achaia, while midweek visited the Achaean capital and the Michalis Chrysochoidis to discuss next steps with local stakeholders.
Moreover, the Achaia recorded 81 cases yesterday, according to the announcement of the EODY, while in the previous period there was also large dispersion in the hospital of Agios Andreas in Patras, with the government appealing to health workers to get vaccinated as there was very low attendance of nursing staff at the vaccination.
In Patras, hospitalized among others and two children aged 9 and 10, with the first being in a serious condition, while on Friday afternoon it became known that a 2-month-old infant with covid-19 was also hospitalized, which proves that the spread of the virus is very high.
That is why the committee's recommendation for a total lockout of all activities in the Achaic capital, and even more stringent curfew.
The experts' meeting is currently underway.
