The arrival of 6,000 – 10,000 asymptomatic tourists infected with coronavirus during the summer is inevitable, said Manolis Dermitzakis, professor of Genetics at the Medical School of the University of Geneva.
Speaking to Skai TV on Friday night, Dermitzakis noted that even among those arriving from the first 29 countries – which are considered the safest – there will inevitably be a number of tourists who will show no symptoms.
The existence of coronavirus cases in all 29 countries, as well as in Greece, is a reality and this is connected with the relaxation of the observance of protection measures, he added.
“When 6 to 10 million people are expected to come, there will definitely be some [infected]. So we have to find a way to deal with them,” he said.
He added that even if those [29] countries were in the same epidemiological situation as Greece – which are a little worse than us – there would be a rate of cases.
According to a rough calculation by Dermitzakis, 6,000-10,000 tourists who will visit Greece will be asymptomatic, and some 600-700 will be ill with symptoms.
The Genetics professor is, however, reassuring saying that the above numbers of case were manageable since the behavior of the community would be in the right direction.
Expressing hope that other countries will be able to reach epidemiological characteristics so that they can “open” their borders, such as the 29 countries, he said that “countries like France, Spain, Italy are doing quite well, we have hope and I believe that if something does not change radically they will be able to achieve such epidemiological characteristics to open up.”
He warned that “we need to be careful, especially since there are no entrance tests,” and added that he doubted whether the United Kingdom and the United States would be among the countries to do so, at least until July 1.
We used to ask Jesus to save us. He gave us the tools, but we won’t use them.
He now has other planets to save, presumably, where the inhabitants listen.