The loosening of public health measures should not lead us to believe that we have transcended the dangers of COVID-19 and that there is a full return to normalcy.
We see irresponsible behaviours and an attitude that the virus is no longer with us, even though there is a very high number of infections, deaths, and intubations in the sorely tested and exhausted NHS.
A Pulse poll indicated that the Delta variant has substantially increased the fear of those surveyed. Sixty percent responded that they are either very concerned (32 percent) or quite concerned (28 percent).
The vaccination rollout must be expedited because that is necessary in order to build a wall of defence and immunity without which the National Health System cannot endure.
There should have been a heavier schedule of routes in mass transit and demonstrations and a public backlash should not have been encouraged.
We all saw how the smaller and more efficient state that has been touted by this government since it came to power as a key objective failed to make the grade.
All involved parties must back the National Health System with all their might, and they can rest assured that in pursuing this aim they will have the strong support of everyone. .
The insistence of certain political forces that 17 November commemorative gatherings and marches should take place imperils public health.
'We are living nights of Apocalypse. People are dying torturously and totally alone. We cannot catch up with our patient case load. We are fighting against time,' said one doctor.
Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias in announcing the one-month lockdown said the epidemiological data are worsening as the spread of the virus has become much more aggressive.
Parties are vying over which policies are best to implement and over the percentage or amount of increase in state spending on strengthening the Greek NHS.
State services are mobilising, the country’s infrastructure appears prepared to manage the situation, and competent civil servants are in a state of readiness.
In a world in which countries are ever more closely linked and with neighbouring Italy developing into the China of Europe it was simply a matter of time for the coronavirus to reach Greece.
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