Original title: Greece 2021 National Day parade can be held? The government and experts disagree
Beijing, October 3 (Xinhua) according to the Greek times, on the evening of October 2 local time, the Greek National Public Health Organization announced that in the past 24 hours, 1837 new crown confirmed cases in Greece, with a total of 660166 confirmed cases; There were 29 new deaths, with a total of 14889 deaths.
It is reported that COVID-19 has different opinions about whether Greece will hold a traditional national day parade in October 28th. Although the Greek government is optimistic about holding the National Day parade, experts are worried that the crowd will lead to a larger epidemic. The Greek government and scientists will make decisions in consultation.
The report said that although the Greek government did not make an official response to the issue, some government officials were optimistic about the possibility of holding a demonstration. Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of investment and development of Greece, mentioned in the interview that the work on the National Day parade will be carried out normally.
Marios Themistocles, general secretary of primary health care in Greece, was also optimistic about the prevention and control of the epidemic, saying that "our ultimate goal is to improve the vaccination rate and restore our lives to normal without further blockade."
However, the experts sounded the alarm. Athens Piraeus Hospital Doctors Association（ ΕΙΝΑΠ) President Martina Pagani stressed: "judging from the epidemic situation, there should be no demonstrations and celebrations in October."
Agilias geeks, a member of the Committee of medical experts, said: "holding a parade will lead to the gathering of people and increase the number of infections." George pavlaski, an American doctor and research expert, also opposed the parade. He said that holding a parade is not the most important thing, but the most important thing is to "save" Christmas and the new year.
The report points out that although the Greek people and the government urgently hope that the National Day parade can be held normally, the explosive growth of cases in northern Greece and the low vaccination rate have forced people to reconsider this issue.
Next, the Greek government will continue to communicate with scientists and decide whether to hold a National Day parade according to the number of new cases. (Tan Shuyin)