Cyprus-Coronavirus: Proposal for a ban on Christmas events and a lockdown for the unvaccinated
The committee of experts in Cyprus recommended the banning of all Christmas events, even in schools. Margin of three weeks to unvaccinated citizens.
The Minister of Health of Cyprus , Michalis Hadjipandelas , had an extensive discussion this afternoon with the members of the Advisory Scientific Committee for the next steps and the measures to be taken to deal with a new outbreak of the pandemic. the coronavirus.
Speaking to media representatives after the meeting, Mr. Hadjipandelas, after thanking the members of the TEU for their suggestions, said that they have been recorded and will be presented to the Council of Ministers, where the final decisions are expected to be taken next Wednesday.
These suggestions, according to the Minister of Health, are:
- Use of a mask for primary school students.
- Carry out a rapid test on primary school students once a week.
- Prohibition of holding social events planned in anticipation of Christmas, including school Christmas holidays, Christmas events planned in Municipalities, etc.
- Carrying out self-test in vaccinated individuals. The suggestion that has been made is to be given free of charge to the vaccinated and in case any test is positive, the Personal Physician will be informed and will be referred to a molecular examination to confirm the result.
Abolish SafePass for those who do not receive the booster dose seven months after the start of the initial vaccination.
- Three-week time limit for vaccination of persons who have not received any vaccine dose and application and after three weeks application of restrictions in specific areas for non-vaccinated persons.
- Carry out rapid testing throughout the population in areas where case chains are detected, regardless of vaccination history.
Teleworking at a rate to be determined.
As Mr. Hadjipandelas pointed out, "nothing has been locked". The Council of Ministers will decide on Wednesday, after which it will be informed by the Minister of Health. In his turn, the head of the TEU, Dr. Konstantinos Tsiotis, stated that the meeting exchanged views and discussed the suggestions of all members of the TEU. Wanting to send his own message to the citizens, Mr. Tsioutis explained that "regardless of what will be decided on Wednesday, we must understand that we are entering a period, we have a very difficult period ahead of us with an increase in both daily broadcasts and hospitalizations. "I think we all know the ways to protect ourselves, we all have experience and knowledge, we all have to make some concessions in our daily lives to be safe."
