The alarm bell for children and adolescents threatened by him coronavirus his president erupted ΕΟΔΥ, Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, speaking on SKAI radio about the epidemiological situation in the country.
“The pandemic is in recession,” said Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, noting that about 20% to 25% of cases are up to 17 years old.
Asked about the disease rates by age groups, he explained that “0-17 is about 20% to 25% of cases. The 20-60 are at the moment most and the over 60 are usually led to a serious illness “.
As he put it, in order to put an end to the pandemic, “we must all be vaccinated together so that the virus does not spread and mutate. We had A, B, D. The virus mutates when it finds ground so that it can spread. We must all contribute “, he concluded, proposing that” we have an improved image but the pandemic is not over “.
As Mr. Arkoumaneas told SKAI 100.3, it is a positive fact that the policy of too many tests is applied. “Our country was the first in Europe, last September, to have done the rapid tests”, he stressed, noting that “the results in the third wave were excellent, limiting the dispersion”.
For the opening of schools, he stressed that it is important that there is a mandatory test. “With all these tests that are done, we will have a much better picture and limitation of the positives”, added the president of EODY.
“The predictions for the 10,000 cases have not been confirmed”
Asked about the predictions for 10,000 cases, he said that “we have a significant reduction in cases and these are predictions that have not been confirmed. Compared to the previous week, we had a 24% reduction. “In all indicators we see a de-escalation, the pandemic is in recession”, while he added that “no one can predict for sure what will happen in the coming weeks”.
He also referred to the ECDC map, saying that there is a recession in other countries. “The pandemic is coming in waves and is escalating. “And despite the hundreds of thousands of tests, we saw the positivity index fall to 0.84”, he stressed, noting that these are data for the moment.
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