President Nicos Anastasiades despatched a transparent and sound message on Monday as regards with COVID measures, saying that if we don’t adjust to those in place, there isn’t any doubt we might be led to stricter. He additionally expressed the hope that Cyprus is not going to go into a brand new lockdown.
Talking to the press earlier than the thirty eighth Annual Meeting of the Union of Municipalities, the President mentioned that there’s an outbreak all around the world, due to this fact all of us must be vigilant. He additionally mentioned that in Cyprus, in contrast to what’s occurring in the remainder of Europe and the remainder of the world, we are attempting to supervise the folks`s freedoms and the businessmen in the absolute best approach.
Nonetheless, he added, the residents and the businessmen ought to realise that if the measures will not be adopted we should take stricter. The President mentioned that our well being is above all in addition to the financial survival of the companies, the workers and the state itself.
Requested a couple of lockdown in Cyprus, he expresessed the hope that we are going to keep away from related measures taken by different nations.
Well being Minister says we now have a duty to maintain financial system open
Well being Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas mentioned that the simplest solution to do could be to introduce a brand new lockdown like different nations, however we are attempting to have the measures in place adopted within the hardest approach.
Invited by the press throughout a go to at a faculty in Larnaka to say whether or not within the afternoon, in a brand new assembly with the scientific committee they’ll talk about the potential for taking stricter measures, he mentioned that he’s ready to listen to the specialists. The Minister mentioned that every one their strategies might be put earlier than the Cupboard`s assembly on Tuesday.
He additionally mentioned the federal government took measures in August that made it doable for the colleges to be opened immediately. Hadjipantelas mentioned that we must always not eradicate something good that occurs in Cyprus and requested everybody to look elsewhere and see what is going on in different nations such because the Netherlands, the UK and different neighbouring nations.
He added that in view of the Christmas celebrations we must always all be accountable including that he can perceive the troubles expressed by the residents however the greater duty is for the financial system to stay open.
Scenario on the borderline says Professor Karayiannis
Scenario is on the borderline and we aren’t sure what is going to occur when omicron variant might be dominant in Cyprus, Professor Petros Karayiannis advised the Cyprus Information Company.
He mentioned that with vaccinations and measures in place the scenario will both stay in some stability or when Omicron skyrockets, there might be an issue .
He mentioned that to this point we all know that omicron is rather more transmissible however the image is way from clear as as to whether the an infection is gentle or the identical because the delta variant.
Karayiannis mentioned that evidently the vaccines will not be so environment friendly particularly in the event that they have been administered just a few months again and if the immunity begins to lower. Subsequently, he mentioned, a booster shot is required and better ranges of antibodies.
He mentioned that it was greater than clear that the omicron instances in Cyprus could be the shut contacts of the very first instances detected however we have to see how deep the variant is locally, including that the 40 or so instances detected every day on the airports is a comparatively excessive quantity and we have no idea if these are omicron instances.
Karayiannis mentioned that we must be additional cautious as regards the arrivals particularly from the UK.
Requested concerning the measures to be mentioned with the Minister he mentioned that we have to concentrate on containing the unfold and this occurs through the inoculations, the compliance with the measures and protocols in place and if all of us present a accountable stance.