The Hellenic Committee of Epidemiologists met on Wednesday to explore the possibility of further lifting Covid restrictions with the mandatory use of masks outdoors, which is expected to be at the center of the discussion.
It is reported that epidemiologists advising the Ministry of Health have considered the abolition of the mandatory wearing of masks in the open air. Note that EODY President Theoklis Zautis on Tuesday announced the possibility of abolishing outdoor masks and Marios Themistocleous, Secretary General of Primary Health Care, also said yesterday that indoor mask requirements would be one of the last measures to be lifted. .
It is expected that the committee of epidemiologists will also consider the issues of the tourism sector, one of the main requirements of whichreportedly, is to increase the occupancy of tourist buses. Travel companies want it to be raised to 100% because that’s how it works on planes.
For flights and ferries, the government is considering abolishing the mandatory Locate Passenger Form (PLF), which has been in effect since spring 2020. But this may happen later.
Health experts see a gradual de-escalation of the epidemiological crisis with slight improvement in deaths and intubations.
Speaking at a conference on Tuesday, the country’s chief epidemiologist Prof. Sotiris Tsiodras said the Omicron strain is bringing the pandemic to the end of this “emergency phase”. He predicted that by the end of the year, “we will stop counting infections and focus on hospitalizations, intubations and deaths.” “We are one step closer to normal life,” Tsiodras stressed.
PS It is worth noting that, unlike in previous years, a small number of people were wearing masks outdoors. Persons wearing a mask on the street could be seen mainly in crowded places or in cases where a person left an enclosed space and forgot to take it off.
The same situation with masks of increased protection, such as KN-95which the authorities tried to declare obligatory 2 months ago.
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