Well being Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas has stated that if we adhere to the measures already introduced by the federal government, put on masks correctly, keep distances and ventilate rooms, then no extra measures will should be taken.
Talking on the Pachna Well being Centre which operates as a vaccination centre, the Minister of Well being stated that the goal is to vaccinate all residents.
The Minister additional stated vaccinations proceed and though “we’re doing effectively, we can’t be complacent”.
The objective, he added, “is to vaccinate as many individuals as we are able to as a result of on this means we are going to scale back hospitalizations,” including “Pachna set an instance I hope different communities will comply with go well with and if there’s curiosity from different communities, we are going to instantly go to them.”
He additionally stated that within the subsequent few days the tools for detecting the Omicron mutation will arrive in Cyprus.
Relating to the price of the PCR check that college students returning to Cyprus for the Christmas holidays should pay, Minister Hadjipantelas stated it was a brief measure. “Our college students come from abroad, from nations the place we have no idea what’s going on. In the event that they endure assessments, they are going to be extra comfy visiting their family and never risking infecting others”, he added.
Everlasting Secretary on the Well being Ministry, Christina Yiannaki stated vaccinations in Cyprus have reached 81.3%.
She stated there’s “a rise within the ages of 12-15 and 17 years, yesterday alone we carried out round 6 thousand vaccinations nationwide”.
Yiannaki additionally stated that Cyprus would be the first European nation to obtain the youngsters`s vaccines. These vaccines will arrive in Cyprus on December thirteenth and never on the twentieth as anticipated. The primary vaccinations of youngsters will happen in maternity centres.
The Ministry of well being introduced on Saturday that on Saturday a complete of 5,730 vaccinations in opposition to COVID-19 have been carried out in all vaccination centres within the authorities managed ares.
Particularly, 626 vaccinations have been carried out in Paphos, 268 in Famagusta and 952 in Larnaca. In Nicosia a complete of two,098 vaccinations have been carried out whereas in Limassol 1,270 and Pahna a complete of 516.