State hospitals in Cyprus are on crimson alert as a result of fast enhance of the COVID-19 instances in latest days, Philenews reported on Thursday, including that pathology wards are at the moment 95% full.
State Well being Providers Organisation (Okypy) spokesman Haralambos Harilaou clarified that the just about full wards have coronavirus sufferers but additionally these with different seasonal infections that are on the rise lately.
“And this makes the work of well being officers much more troublesome,” he additionally mentioned.
“Okypy’s prediction that the rise in ICU sufferers as a consequence of coronavirus could be alarming has sadly come true,” he added.
Over 350 new coronavirus instances per 24 hours have been recorded in latest days and this offers a transparent indication {that a} additional enhance is on its manner. And it is a very bleak expectation, added Charilaou.
“In latest days the variety of admissions of coronavirus sufferers fluctuates between 11-12 per day and this quantity displays the 200-250 instances we had final week,” he additionally mentioned.
He then known as for added measures to curb the unfold of the virus to be taken promptly, together with a stronger marketing campaign for vaccinations by all eligible.