China News Service, February 27. According to Euronet citing EUN News Agency, statistics from the Greek Ministry of Health on the evening of February 26 showed that Greece added 1,790 new coronavirus pneumonia patients that day, and a total of 188,201 cases were confirmed.

The number of deaths due to the new crown virus increased by 29 within 24 hours, bringing the cumulative death toll to 6,439.

In addition, it is reported that so far, 990 cases of the British new crown B.1.1.7 variant and 27 cases of the South African B.1.351 variant have been found across Greece.

Data map: Messogion Street is empty in Athens, Greece.

　　The spread of the new coronavirus in the Greek community has worried the Greek authorities and medical advisory committee experts.

The spokesperson of the Greek Ministry of Health said at the outbreak briefing on the evening of the 26th that out of the 76 regions in Greece this week, the data in 56 regions showed an upward trend.

At present, the occupancy rate of intensive care beds in Attica is 88%, and one third of patients are between 45-65 years old.

　　At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection Hadalias announced that the effective period of the hard blockade of Athens and its surrounding areas will be extended for at least one week from February 28th to March 8th.

After that, it can be cancelled or extended depending on the situation.

　　In the Attica area, all retail stores, schools, barber shops, and beauty salons will still be closed next week; people still need to report through 13033 SMS for travel; curfews and cross-regional travel restrictions are still in effect.

Data map: A woman wearing a mask passes by the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

　　Hadalias also announced that Lefkada, Fúsiotida, Syros, Samos, Arta, Heraklion, Corinth, etc. will be included in the “red zone” of the epidemic; Kefalonia, Ilia , Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Rethymno, Thasos, Nafplio, Arcadia, etc. still maintain the “red zone” of the epidemic.

　　The latest development of the Greek epidemic has disappointed people and businesses who are looking forward to gradually unblocking the Attica area next week.

The financial pressure of the Greek government is increasing, and various chambers of commerce are also seeking to resume business as soon as possible.

In this regard, Prime Minister Mizotakis has repeatedly emphasized that the Greek government will always follow the advice of medical experts to make decisions.

　　The Greek Federation of Business and Entrepreneurs, the Athens Chamber of Commerce and others have recently requested the authorities to extend the winter discount period so that businesses can use this time to sell a large number of goods that have been backlogged due to the blockade as soon as possible, and to allow consumers enough time to shop.

Greece’s Minister of Development and Investment Georgiadis has recently submitted an amendment bill to extend the winter discount sales period in Greece to March 31.

　　However, according to the regulations of the Greek government, at present, only the areas marked as "orange" on the Greek epidemic map can adopt the sales form of "reservation-pickup" and "reservation-in-store shopping", which are marked as "red" and "dark red". "Area only allows online sales. (Liang Manyu)