"Difficult days are not just hot days. For us, the difficult days begin when the heat wave ends with the drought that will have been created and what that means ", stressed among others the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias.
"We have several weeks ahead of us, alert, prepared, vigilant. Understand that there is fatigue. "Everything is analyzed day by day and we try every day to update our plans according to the meteorological data, which come to us", said Mr. Hardalias speaking to ERT.
Asked if there are concerns for PPC and IPTO, given that in the coming hours there will be a large consumption of electricity, he replied that there are repeated meetings for this part and all involved are on full alert. "The competent minister, Mr. Skrekas, held a meeting on this yesterday and today. We try for the best. The degree of readiness is very high. "The whole state mechanism is ready if it is necessary to provide solutions where the problems will arise", he noted.
Regarding the fires, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management announced that in the last 48 hours we had 116 fires and added that the big battle, the last one, is in Rhodes. "It was a difficult night. Electricity was gradually restored to 99% of the island at around 1:30 midnight. The ground forces worked very hard. At the moment, the fronts are in recession, we are concerned with a point there, in a ravine that is located between the radar of the Air Force and the airport of Maritsa, that is, where the fire started. A great battle is being fought, the forces are already being reinforced there, within the next two or three hours, forces will also arrive from Athens that have left since last night and have been reinforced on foot, from Thessaloniki, Samos so that they can "They can cope with a fire as difficult as the weekend fires," he said.
Regarding the issue of fire prevention, Mr. Hardalias said that for the past two years they have completely changed their dogma and approach to this issue. "With law 4622, we have secured those tools to the Civil Protection, so that it does not wait for those in charge to proceed with the necessary clean-ups and prevention projects, but to intervene where it deems it, without being its absolute responsibility. With the program "Dryades" in 18 points of Attica a specific intervention was made, fire roads were opened, roads were maintained, the necessary cleanings were done. The big problem in Greece is not who does what, this was described in the general plan that our country now has, "IOLAO", for the fires and other disasters. The question is whether those in charge can actually carry them out. If they can really prepare the mechanism in time of crisis, if they have the means and capabilities, to do what is right. This needs an update ", he pointed out and added that by order of the Prime Minister, from September to October, this issue is on the agenda of the priorities, so that in the coming months it will be solved with a specific permanent cleaning program every year, with guaranteed resources and guaranteed inside. "The logic of the studies that come and go, of the approvals that are transferred between the forest departments of decentralized municipalities and all those involved must stop. We are determined. "There is a political will to put an end to all these arrhythmias and pathogens for decades."
Asked about the reaction time of the competent authorities in the prevention and treatment of forest fires, Mr. Hardalias replied that "we are at a stage of absolute climate deregulation. "We are talking about a climate threat," he said, adding: "We have prepared the mechanism. Obviously, we do our self-criticism every day, but the degree of shielding of the country is progressing at a very fast pace and now we try to have more means every year. The issue is not just prevention. It is also the readiness, the treatment and the rehabilitation. These are the four axes that Civil Protection moves with the 4662 of the National Mechanism. There is no magic wand to eliminate decades of ankle sprains. We work daily with the stakeholders, we try many times to change the mentality and the way of approaching, the way of analyzing the real data and to ensure in the country, through the program "Aigis", which is the largest program voted by KYSEA on last week. It is the largest investment program, equipment, means, infrastructure related to climate change, which concerns the shielding of the country in the coming years. "To provide all the means we need to deal with this climate deregulation."
Regarding the pandemic and when asked to comment on reports from the public about the situation prevailing on the way back from the islands, Mr. Hardalias said that there is a strong recommendation on the way back, there is no decision to specifically test the passengers and carry out checks. while it became clear that the Coast Guard is doing its job very well, all the necessary checks are made when leaving the mainland to the islands and from there on all the control mechanisms, give their best.
"This whole pandemic issue is a global crisis, an invisible enemy that we are fighting many different battles all these months. The state does the best it can but there is also the issue of individual responsibility and social responsibility. We are at a point that is extremely critical, the cases are high, there are areas with a very high epidemiological burden. The answer to all this is compliance and vaccination. Everything else is just screams, analyzes without substance. The important thing is to increase the rate of our vaccinations. To increase the wall of immunity. But at the same time, until we reach the desired goal, all the measures must be observed ", said the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management to add:" Of course the people need to relax, of course they need to be entertained. We understand it, we all feel it but it must be understood that many times when we have frantic situations it acts as a multiplier of the epidemiological burden and this can cost us deaths ". At the same time, he added that "above all else, this government has proven that its absolute priority is human life and we serve it throughout."
Asked if they are expecting a difficult autumn, he replied that they trust the scientists, adding that there is concern, but clarifying that in any case there is no issue to go to a horizontal lockdown. "Each region is monitored separately every day in two separate technical meetings and if we need to take measures to seal outflows, to stop an exponential growth of the virus, we will take these measures," he noted.
Regarding whether there is a possibility that what happened in Mykonos will happen on other islands, Mr. Hardalias stressed: "We do not target areas, we do not threaten anyone. We do not send ultimatums. We express concern about the epidemiological situation in some areas. When that goes away, the government and the epidemiologists have specific tools. We activate these tools according to the real data and our data are epidemiological only. If the situation goes away, if we see that the influxes are not sealed, if we see that the health systems, local and supra-local, are under pressure, obviously we will make such decisions again. We avoid such a thing. "
Still, as he pointed out, the vast majority of professionals, especially on the islands, give their best, through a certain professionalism, through an effort to serve public health and measures, however, there are those few who do not care about human life, they do not care about public health and many times they come to create the big problem.
Asked whether measures will be taken for people who remain unvaccinated, Mr. Hardalias replied that they are not talking about restrictions on those who are not vaccinated but about lifting restrictions on those who are vaccinated. "Everyone is taking responsibility for this battle. The responsibility is not only towards ourselves but it is also towards those around us, the people we love, the people we come in contact with. What the government needs to do is protect public health and protect human life. He does this from the first moment and with the same logic and approach from September, based on the real epidemiological data, we will continue ", he underlined.
Regarding the tests performed by those who are not vaccinated, he said that it is a given that all those who are not vaccinated should be tested, something that also emerges from the global practice on dealing with these issues. "It should come as no surprise to anyone. We need to be safe from the virus. We have gone on a long journey, there is fatigue. There is a huge effort from the vast majority of the Greek people. It is time to slowly take back our lives. "Let 's return to normalcy, but the measures and the attention needed against the virus and the global pandemic should be a given", he noted.
Regarding the number of vaccinations, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection stated that 10.533.000 vaccinations have been given so far and almost 55% of the population has been fully vaccinated.
A huge effort is being made through a climate of cooperation between many bodies that we are involved in the "Freedom" operation. The results will slowly be seen. What is needed is an appeal, a plea to everyone, any problems, any concerns, let them talk to their doctors, and slowly approach the issue of vaccinations. Our fellow human beings who have not been vaccinated, so far, must give a chance first of all to themselves and then to their neighbors. "We are very close to building the wall of immunity, but it must be done through the will and willingness of each of us to assume our individual responsibility and our social responsibility towards the people around us," he stressed.
Asked to comment on the possibility of a third dose for those who have been vaccinated since the start of vaccinations, Mr. Hardalias underlined: "We have confidence in our scientists. What needs to be done will be done when it arises. "Let us all have a little patience."
Source: RES-EAP
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