Filenews 10 November 2020
All possibilities are on the table at the moment before the final decisions tomorrow of the Cabinet, which do not exclude even a universal lockdown, or local lockdown in areas with serious problems.
The announcement of the decisions is expected to be made by the President of the Republic Nikos Anastasiades himself, addressing the people.
A role in deciding what will prevail is also expected to play today in terms of the number of cases of coronavirus to be recorded.
The prevailing scenario is reportedly to impose local lockdown on Limassol and Paphos by tightening measures in the rest of Cyprus.
In the event of a local lockdown in Limassol and Paphos, residents of the two provinces will be prohibited from moving to other cities and schools and retail outlets are expected to remain open while other high-risk restaurants and businesses are closed.
However, universal lockdown is not excluded in view of the situation, as recorded in the health system. The aim is to reduce the number of cases so that the market can function before Christmas.
Another possibility is the further tightening of existing measures.
In statements to the CYPE, the member of the Scientific Committee, Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Iology of the Medical School of the University of Nicosia Dr. Petros Karagiannis was sparing in saying that the final decisions will be taken by tomorrow's Council of Ministers.
Asked what happened yesterday at the presidential meeting, Dr Karagiannis said that "there was an extensive discussion and everything came on the table, from the most simple measures to the strictest" and that epidemiologists cannot pre-understand the decisions that will be taken by the government.
Professor Karagiannis said the situation as recorded at the moment is serious. "It's serious in terms of seeing our hospitals fill up. New chambers are opening. If it remains unchecked, the situation will become even more stressed. We cannot know how many will be admitted but the ages of those infected are increasing and as they increase, so does the number of nurses," he noted.
Asked to comment on the context in which decisions on the measures would be taken, he said it depended on how worrying the current results in the number of cases would be.
"Today if 300 cases are recorded again, what will happen?" he wondered.
Meeting under President Anastasiades on pandemic issues at the Presidential
A meeting under the President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades takes place from about 11.00 at the Presidential on issues related to the treatment of the Covid-19 pandemic in Cyprus.
Several Ministers are also taking part in the meeting, whose areas of competence are affected by possible measures to be decided by the Cabinet tomorrow, Wednesday.
Source: eyenews/KYPE
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