– The fourth wave quickly turned into the fifth, Professor Athanasios Tsakris explains in an interview Aftonbladet has been allowed to publish.
The country, which for many years has been a favorite holiday destination for Norwegians, hit an infection peak with 5,000 new infections in August.
Throughout September, the infection was declining, before the aforementioned fifth corona wave swept across the country in October.
Fear measures all winter
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On the first day of November, Monday this week, Greece had 5,449 new cases of infection in the last 24 hours. The highest number in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic.
The death toll in the last 24 hours is 52 dead, the average in the last week is 42 new deaths per day.
In addition, 430 patients are on ventilators in Greek hospitals. 80 percent of patients are over 70 years old, or have underlying diseases.
Many reports of brain fog
In comparison, Sweden, which has about as many inhabitants as Greece, has only 29 covid patients in the intensive care unit as of Monday 1 November.
Experts now fear that Greece is still several weeks away from the peak of infection.
– The fifth wave will continue into December. The fourth wave went straight into the fifth, we first saw it increase in the northern part of Greece, and further down to other regions, says Tsakris to the newspaper In the catechism, he is a professor of microbiology, and a pandemic adviser to the authorities.
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Vaccine trouble
On the positive side, Tsakris believes that Greece will not reach the death toll it had during the second wave a year ago. By then, the country had several days with over 100 deaths.
The highest number recently has been 62. The reason why the death toll is now lower despite higher infection, he explains with the vaccination.
However, the death toll has been rising for a long time, and the authorities are sending a warning in the country that has reached a vaccination rate of just over 60 percent fully vaccinated.
VACCINE PROTEST: Protesters gathered at the statue of Alexander the Great in Athens, where a priest spoke out against taking the corona vaccine Photo: NTB
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– We are not done with corona yet. As long as there are unvaccinated people, the virus has places to spread. It can not continue that human lives are lost because of this, commented a spokesman for the government, Giannis Oikonomou, according to Aftonbladet.
In an effort to get more people vaccinated, Greece has introduced corona passes for guests at restaurants and bars.
According to Greek Reporter Only 18 of the 5,449 cases of infection on Wednesday originated from tourism.
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