Greece
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A decrease from yesterday, where 302 cases were reported.
Let’s hope this keeps up to mitigate UK
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Latest stats on the islands too!
My thread
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A decrease from yesterday, where 302 cases were reported.
Let’s hope this keeps up to mitigate UK
Latest stats on the islands too!
My thread
We now know that the UK government
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In Monday’s announcement in parliament, Shapps announced the following islands were to be added to England’s quarantine list, effective from 4:00am last Wednesday
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In Monday’s announcement in parliament, Shapps announced the following islands were to be added to England’s quarantine list, effective from 4:00am last Wednesday
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Following today’s cases, Greece’s
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This is up from yesterday, where this figure was 15.6.
Again, no immediate concerns, but would be ideal to see cases level-off next week.
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This is up from yesterday, where this figure was 15.6.
Again, no immediate concerns, but would be ideal to see cases level-off next week.
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Breakdown of the latest cases from the islands TODAY
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Crete - 13 (all in Heraklion)
Lesbos - 2
Santorini - 1
Corfu - 1
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Crete - 13 (all in Heraklion)
Lesbos - 2
Santorini - 1
Corfu - 1
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7-day case rate per 100,000 people of the islands
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Lesbos - 67.4
Mykonos - 40.0
Santorini - 35.1
Zante - 24.4
Lemnos - 17.6
Kefalonia - 16.7
Tinos - 11.6
Lefkada - 11.5
Paros - 7.7
Crete - 7.2
Chios - 6.8
Samos - 6.1
Corfu - 4.0
Rhodes - 2.5
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Lesbos - 67.4
Mykonos - 40.0
Santorini - 35.1
Zante - 24.4
Lemnos - 17.6
Kefalonia - 16.7
Tinos - 11.6
Lefkada - 11.5
Paros - 7.7
Crete - 7.2
Chios - 6.8
Samos - 6.1
Corfu - 4.0
Rhodes - 2.5
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*Islands not listed above have NOT reported a case in the last 7 days.
**Dodecanese islands & Cyclades islands now reported individually.
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**Dodecanese islands & Cyclades islands now reported individually.
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We don’t know too much about how the UK government
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But one thing we do know is the 7-day case rate per 100,000 people is not the only factor considered.
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But one thing we do know is the 7-day case rate per 100,000 people is not the only factor considered.
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I continue to suspect that the UK government
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A breakdown of cases on the mainland TODAY
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Athens - 120
Thessaloniki - 9
Kozani - 5
Pella - 5
Larissa - 3
Boeotia - 2
Kavala - 2
Ioannina - 2
Pieria - 2
Fthiotida - 2
Argolida - 1
Evros - 1
Evia - 1
Imathia - 1
Magnesia - 1
Xanthi - 1
Trikala - 1
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Athens - 120
Thessaloniki - 9
Kozani - 5
Pella - 5
Larissa - 3
Boeotia - 2
Kavala - 2
Ioannina - 2
Pieria - 2
Fthiotida - 2
Argolida - 1
Evros - 1
Evia - 1
Imathia - 1
Magnesia - 1
Xanthi - 1
Trikala - 1
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12,890 tests performed in the last 24 hours.
Down from yesterday due to a reduced capacity available on weekends, but up from last Sunday by 336.
No concerns regarding testing capacity.
Week-day capacity will return by Tuesday.
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Down from yesterday due to a reduced capacity available on weekends, but up from last Sunday by 336.
No concerns regarding testing capacity.
Week-day capacity will return by Tuesday.
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From tomorrow until Thursday, we ideally want to see no more than 270 new cases per day in Greece
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That way, the 7-day case rate per 100,000 people will be no higher than 17.6.
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That way, the 7-day case rate per 100,000 people will be no higher than 17.6.
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This is high, but below the UK government’s
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There’s also some leeway here too.
We could see slightly more cases, and Greece’s
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There’s also some leeway here too.
We could see slightly more cases, and Greece’s
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The ideal scenario however, as for all countries, is for cases to level-off.
That way, we mitigate further UK
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That way, we mitigate further UK
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Regarding rising UK
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My next tweet contains the list of countries subject to showing a negative PCR test taken 72 hours before arriving in Greece
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My next tweet contains the list of countries subject to showing a negative PCR test taken 72 hours before arriving in Greece
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Countries where a negative COVID-19 PCR test result is required upon entry to Greece
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The Netherlands
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The Netherlands
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France
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So the UK
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So the UK
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As usual, more tweets to come as the situation develops!
Thanks!
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Thanks!
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