Coronavirus – “Black cloud of uncertainty” looming over Christmas

The Greek Government is on the lookout for Christmas, in an effort to avoid the worst. November tends to be a "black" month as infections are climbing and unfortunately the same goes for people who lose the battle with the coronavirus. The campaign launched by the competent bodies in order to raise the coveted wall of immunity, is in progress and everyone hopes for the best possible result.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, however, has clarified that there is no possibility of imposing measures on vaccinated citizens. And all this just before the Christmas holidays that businessmen and citizens are looking forward to take a breath.

Unfortunately, as mentioned above, before the end of November, the death toll in our country has exceeded 1,180 dead in November. During the same period last year, when we did not have the vaccine, the death toll from coronavirus was limited to 712. Simply put, deaths in the first 20 days of November last year increased by more than 60% this year.

Tragic count

The number of intubated people increased to 594, as EODY announced yesterday, Saturday. Of these, 493 are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and 101 are fully vaccinated. In 5,991 cases, while in the last 24 hours and 69 deaths were recorded.

The new laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease recorded in the last 24 hours are 5,991, of which 4 were identified after checks at the country's gates. The total number of cases is 874,812 (daily change + 0.7%), of which 50.6% are men.

Based on the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 108 are considered to be related to travel from abroad and 3,239 are related to an already known case.

The new deaths of patients with COVID-19 are 69, while since the beginning of the epidemic a total of 17,237...