Half of Greeks are not satisfied the the measures the government has taken to contain the “aggressive spread” of the coronavirus and the majority of them believes that the measures were taken with delay.
In a public opinion poll conducted by ALCO on behalf of Open TV on November 6-11, 2020.
52% of respondents said they are not satisfied, while 43% said they are satisfied.
In a question whether the Greek government took measures in time in order to deal with the second wave of the pandemic, 65% said the measures were taken with delay and 30% said “in time”.
Regarding the lockdown, 72% of respondents said that it was necessary and 22% considers it as “exaggerated.”
To the question: Are you satisfied with the measures the government has taken to deal with the pandemic 52% said NO and 43% said YES
Map below to compare with May (end of 1. lockdown) September (opening of schools) October (measures taken locally) November (lockdown, night curfew, masks in-outdoors, Covid-19 test for tourists)
Yes marked green, No marked red, Don’t known/Don’t answer marked grey.
The public opinion survey was conducted among 1000 people and at the time the Civil Protection announced the extension of night curfew already from 9:00 p.m.
And what do YOU think? Please, take the two polls below, especially when you live in Greece or have interest/interests in the country:
Loading ... Loading ...On Thursday, Greece hit a triple record with 50 deaths in 24 hours, 3316 new cases and current intubations at 310 that brings hospitals especially in northern Greece at breaking point.
4,394 news infections in the last 7 days. Thessaloniki leads in daily cases, although in lockdown since November 3.
More information on coronavirus and lockdown and curfew restrictions here.
At the beginning of the pandemic the only possible response was lockdown. The government did that quickly and well and people responded well. The result was a low peak, few deaths and a rapid decline to a very low infection rate. That then needed to be followed by a really effective test-trace-isolate system to try to break every chain of infection and keep the rate low. Highly localised lockdowns might be needed to control clusters. The government completely failed to achieve such a system. Governments across Europe seem to be trying to balance infection rate against economic effects. They don’t seem to understand that if they cannot achieve an effective test-trace-isolate system the virus will destroy both lives and the economy. Lockdowns are only ever a temporary measure to get the infection rate low enough to allow test-trace-isolate to work,