One more police officer, the second one lost his life due to coronavirus Thursday, December 2. He is a 52-year-old father of one child, who was serving in the Pella Police Department. The 52-year-old was hospitalized at the Intensive Care Unit of AHEPA as of November 25, according to OPEN TV; however, it did not manage to stay on the air.
As the President of the Panhellenic Federation of Police Officers, Grigoris Gerakaros, the 52-year-old He contracted the coronavirus while on duty. Mr. Gerakaraktos, speaking at the OPEN TV, referred to the difficult working conditions faced by the police officers since the start of the pandemic coronavirus and reported that it is A total of 500 police officers have tested positive for the coronavirus.
«We received complaints that they were identifying police officers who tested positive and assigning them to duty alongside others. We received complaints that they were identifying police officers who tested positive and putting them on duty just to get the shift done,» the president of the organization told OPEN TV. POASY. In fact, he points out: «Police officers pay for tests out of their own pockets. The department conducts random testing, not for everyone. A senior officer of the Hellenic Police. ». who had a positive case at home was going to work as usual,” Mr. Gerakarakos noted.
Typical examples include the police officers' testimonies who spoke on Open TV. The Anastasios P. He admits: «On October 16–17, I started showing symptoms. I caught it from someone in my family. Specifically, from my brother, who is a colleague and travels a lot, to Evros, Mytilene, and other islands. I had a fever of 38–38.5, then a slight fever, and I lost my sense of smell a little. I took the test and tested positive. As soon as I notified my workplace, we went into quarantine. When the pandemic began, the workplace took measures. They provided us with masks and hand sanitizer, but now they’ve forgotten about us,» he emphasizes.
Ο Yiannis P. He says of his symptoms that «they started on Saturday, November 14. I had a fever. I went to the Nice State Hospital, where they tested me, and unfortunately I tested positive. There are about 200 people in my department. At work, we have a lot of contact; we work very closely together, practically right on top of each other. I’ve seen the doctors who are on the front lines, and the government is looking out for them. For police officers, that’s not the case.».
