Hot weather sees hospitalisations for heat stroke

Two people were hospitalised with heat stroke at Limassol General Hospital on Friday.

Cybc reported that one individual affected has been intubated in the Intensive Care Unit.

According to an announcement by the state health services organisation, four out of six people who were hospitalised with heat stroke in public hospitals were discharged today.

For the tenth day in a row, the Met office on Friday issued a yellow warning for high temperatures on Saturday from 11am until 6pm.

Meanwhile, at red alert level, the risk of forest fires occurring and spreading remains high.