Constantinos Tsioutis, head of the Advisory Scientific Workforce mentioned that this system “take a look at to remain,” which supplies for steady testing on college students, notably following the detection of a confirmed COVID-19 case in a classroom, is already being carried out in america and different European nations. Concerning the state of affairs in hospitals, Tsioutis mentioned that daily there’s a file variety of admissions, whereas the variety of deaths has additionally elevated so he warned that if this example continues, January will probably be a really deadly month.
Talking to state broadcaster, Tsioutis mentioned the goal is for colleges to function safely and added that with the tactic proposed youngsters who’re shut contacts will bear exams day by day and may not want to remain at house. Nevertheless, he mentioned the implementation of the “take a look at to remain” measures has not been finalized but.
He additionally added that to date the Omicron variant has not prevailed and that there’s nonetheless the Delta variant locally which is sending folks to hospitals.