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NEW MAIL FRAUD

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The police recommend that the public be careful

Information on a new form of possible fraud is held by the Police, which is sounding the alarm and

calling on citizens to be particularly careful and suspicious.

According to information that reached the Police, through letters deftly appear to be aimed at the

posting of funds or personal information of citizens, such as bank account numbers, contact details,

e-mail addresses, etc. Such letters have already been sent from certain countries abroad, with

recipients of various citizens residing in Cyprus.

Through these letters, recipients are asked to send a transfer of a specific amount and in a specific

way, for various reasons. Some of the reasons cited by the deft are:

• The release of a will concerning the recipient of the letter

• The construction of orphanages or other well-off institutions

• The sending of lottery profits in which the recipient of the letter was randomly involved.

The Police are urging anyone who may receive such letters not to show confidence and to ignore

them as they appear to be a fraud.

HURRICANE ISAIAS LASHES THE BAHAMAS AS IT BEARS DOWN ON FLORIDA

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in-cyprus 1 August 2020 - by Annie Charalambous

Hurricane Isaias strengthened slightly as it lashed the Bahamas on Saturday, bearing down on Florida and was expected to approach the southeast of the state later in the day before traveling up the eastern U.S. seaboard.

Isaias was carrying top sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) and was located about 80 miles (125 km) south-southeast of the Bahamas capital Nassau at 5 a.m. (0900 GMT) heading northwest, the National Hurricane Center said.

Its center was approaching Andros Island in the Bahamas and was due to pass over or near islands in the central and northwest Bahamas on Saturday, bringing a danger of damaging storm surges of up to 5 feet (1.52 m) over normal tide levels, the NHC said.

The storm, a Category 1 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, prompted authorities in parts of Florida to close COVID-19 testing sites and people to stock up on essentials.

Isaias was expected to deliver heavy rains to the state’s Atlantic coast beginning late Friday before hitting the eastern Carolinas by early next week, the NHC said.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis established a state of emergency for a dozen counties on the Atlantic coast, which makes it easier to mobilize resources. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper followed suit.

The storm has caused at least two deaths in the Dominican Republic and torn down trees, flooded streets and knocked out power for thousands of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico, according to media reports.

Public beaches, parks, marinas and golf courses were closed in Miami-Dade County on Friday.

Miami-Dade and Broward counties also closed drive-through and walk-up testing sites for COVID-19, as the state at the epicenter of the country’s outbreak reported a record increase in coronavirus deaths for a fourth day in a row.

DeSantis said testing sites would remain open on Florida’s west coast, and testing at hospitals and community centers may also continue. (Reuters)

NEW INCIDENTS - FOUR FROM TRACING, ONE IN NICOSIA

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Filenews 1 August 2020

Five new cases of coronavirus were detected today in Cyprus, out of a total of 1,997 laboratory diagnoses, with the total number amounting to 1,124. Another five were announced this morning.

With regard to new cases of COVID-19, according to data from the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, a total of 1,997 laboratory diagnoses identified 5 cases of SARS-CoV-2.

In detail, virus-positive individuals emerged as follows:

Of 117 samples taken through the process of tracing contacts of already confirmed cases, 4 cases occurred.
From 206 samples taken under the programme of referrals by Personal Physicians and special teams control through the Public Health Clinics, 1 case occurred.

4 contacts from tracing:

2 contacts from the U.S. chain of transmission. The cluster with the 2 today has 9 cases from Larnaca.
2 contacts from the insurance transmission chain in Limassol. One of them went private on his own while he was scheduled to go through the tracing. Total in the cluster with the 2 today we have 8 cases, from Limassol.

The fifth person did the test as part of a preoperative check-up. He's in Nicosia.

In addition, the following laboratory diagnoses were carried out, without the detection of a case:

From samples taken as part of a passenger and repatriated check, 1,078 laboratory tests were carried out,
From samples taken through a private initiative, 464 laboratory tests were completed, and
From the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals, 132 laboratory tests were carried out.

On the basis of today's data, the total number of positive cases amounted to 1,124.

Source: Eyenews

ITALIAN ISLAND OUT OF ROOM TO QUARANTINE ARRIVING MIGRANTS

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Associated Press 1 August 2020 - By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press

ROME (AP) — Several small boats filled with more Tunisian migrants have reached a tiny Italian island that has run out of room to quarantine them as required by Italy's anti-coronavirus measures, local officials said Saturday.

Sicilian daily newspaper Giornale di Sicilia quoted Lampedusa Mayor Toto' Martello as saying the island can’t wait until the government sends a chartered ferry where the migrants can be held for 14 days to fulfill the country's quarantine requirement.

The island’s migrant holding center was built for a maximum capacity of 95 people and was already holding 950 when the latest passengers arrived, Martello said. The 250 who arrived between Friday night and Saturday must stay on the dock for now, until the promised ferry arrives or some other solution is found.

Seven boats directly reached Lampedusa's shores, while an eighth boat needed assistance as it approached the island,after setting off from Tunisia's Mediterranean coast.

The mayor said a total of 250 boats carrying 5,000 migrants in all have reached the island in a month. Many of the passengers were transferred to migrant residences on Sicily on commercial ferries or other vessels.

“I don't understand why the premier doesn't declare a state of emergency” on Lampedusa, Martello told the newspaper.

Arriving migrants were linked to several dozen recent coronavirus clusters. Concern is growing among health authorities that Italy's number of new confirmed cases, which had been largely contained by June, could again start surging out of control.

Unless they come from countries specifically exempted from mandatory precautionary, such as most European Union countries and some others, foreigners must do 14 days quarantine upon entering Italy.

Tunisian migrants fleeing their country's worsening economic situation aren't generally considered eligible for asylum. Italy has a repatriation deal with Tunisia for weekly flights to send back those who fail to obtain permission to stay. The flights were suspended during the brunt of the virus epidemic in Italy but resumed July 16.

Still, Tunisians keep coming, in small fishing boats sturdy enough to reach Lampedusa's shores, on occasion sailing into coves or docking near beaches where vacationers are swimming on the tourism-dependent island.

Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese told the daily Corriere della Sera newspaper that Italy is trying to arrange with the Tunisian government the possibility of using boats to increase the number of weekly repatriations.

Asked about fears that migrants might trigger more virus clusters in Italy when they are transferred to holding centers on the mainland, Lamorgese replied: “The local communities are rightly sensitive to the subject of health safety.”

CORONAVIRUS - INSTRUCTIONS FOR DINING AREAS IN LIMASSOL

By Fitness ve Body Blogçusu at 07:24 News No comments

Filenews 1 August 2020

Following the Decree of the Minister of Health, No. 36 (para. 2.4 (c)), dated 31 July 2020, due to epidemiological data recorded in Limassol Province, the maximum number of persons allowed to be served in the catering premises in that Province is set at 75 persons indoors and 150 persons outdoors.

In any case, the measure for keeping a distance of 3 m2 for interiors and 2 m2 for outdoor spaces per person, regardless of the square meters of each premises, remains in force. For example, if a dining area in Limassol Province has 400 m2 outdoors and based on the measure to maintain a distance of 2 m2 per person, it could serve up to 200 people, the number of customers may not exceed 150. If a premises has 300 m2 indoors and based on the measure to maintain a distance of 3 m2 per person, it could serve up to 100 people, the number of persons may not exceed 75.

In any case, no more than 10 people per table is allowed.

The above regulation shall enter into force from today, 1 August 2020,and for a period of three weeks.

Source: Eyenews

TRAVEL LATEST - BOOKINGS TO GREECE SURGE AS BRITISH HOLIDAYMAKERS FLEE SPAIN

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The Telegraph 1 August 2020 - by Annabel Fenwick-Elliott

British holidaymakers are flocking to Greece in lieu of Spain as the busiest month for summer holidays gets underway.

The chairman of Sunvil Holiday Group, Noel Josephides has reported a sudden rise in enquiries for 'last-minute, flight-only' bookings to Greece, and not from the company's usual 50-plus demographic. “We know they are people who were likely to go to Spain,” he told iNews.

It comes as Europe's largest tour operator Tui extended the cancellation of all UK holidays to the Spanish Balearic Islands and Canary Islands until August 10 and all holidays to mainland Spain until August 17. Jet2 has also been contacting customers already on holiday there and requesting they fly home earlier; sending empty planes to repatriate them.

Both operators have added extra added services to Greece in order to meet demand.

Greece has fared well through the pandemic compared to the rest of Europe, with only 3.7 new Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 14 days. The UK has registered 14 per 100,000 over the same period.

Elsewhere, senior ministers in France and Germany have both warned of possible new lockdowns, and Matt Hancock has said it is "quite likely" that further countries will be dropped from the FCO's quarantine-exempt list as fears of a second wave grips Europe.

08:32 AM

Jet2 'will refund customers returning early from Spain'

Jet2 will refund customers on holiday in Spain who have been asked to return to the UK early, it has been reported.

The airline on Thursday cancelled flights to the UK for hundreds of passengers. But today Jet2 told the BBC that it is operating empty flights to pick up passengers from Spain until August 3. The airline will also refund unused nights for customers forced to come back early by the flight cancellations.

Jet2 said it was "responding to a very fast-moving situation with updates coming from the Government with little or no notice, and we have had to make decisions about our programme accordingly".

"We can assure these customers that we will be in touch with them to resolve any issues that they may have," the airline added.

08:27 AM

Yesterday's top headlines

A recap:

President of Balearics urges UK to drop blanket travel ban
Face masks to become mandatory in museums in England
Antigua to welcome first post-lockdown UK flight – and it's full
Portugal reopens nightclubs yet country remains on quarantine list
Luxembourg added to list of countries requiring 14-day quarantine
Tui and Jet2 cancel more holidays to Spain and its islands

SWISS MOUNTAINS LIGHT UP IN A NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION TO SUIT COVID-19 ERA

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Reuters 1 August 2020

By John Revill and Denis Balibouse

EVOLENE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A section of the Alps turned amber on Friday night in a massive pyrotechnic display as Switzerland marked its national day with an event suited to COVID-19 and social distancing rules.

The mountain chains of Veisivi and Dent de Perroc, which tower nearly 4,000 metres (13,000 feet)in the southern canton of Wallis, saw more than 100 kg (220 lbs) of magnesium powder ignited in the event.

Although Swiss National Day is on Aug. 1, many people celebrate the night before. The date marks the foundation of Switzerland in 1291.

The show, which illuminated 12 square km (4.6 square miles) of the mountains, was visible from 20 km (12 miles) away.

"It is like 100 million candles being lit on the mountains and gives them a lovely warm glow," said organiser Jacques Morard, who runs Jimagine, an events company in Montreux.

"Lots of people around Switzerland normally have fireworks to celebrate our national day, but they weren't able to this year because of distancing regulations."

Gatherings of more than 1,000 people are currently banned to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Thousands of spectators gathered in the Evolene valley below to see the three-minute long display, at a safe distance from each other.

The show followed a similar display in 2015, when magnesium powder was used to turn mountains red for the anniversary of Wallis joining Switzerland, an event also organised by Morard.

Morard, 62, said many events he was organising this year had to be cancelled because of COVID-19.

"As a Swiss person I am very proud to have an idea which works to mark our national day, and bring some joy even in this terrible situation," Morard added.

(Reporting by John Revill and Denis Balibouse; Writing by John Revill; Editing by Frances Kerry)

HONG KONG TURNS EXHIBITION CENTRE INTO MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL AMID NEW WAVE

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The Telegraph 1 August 2020 -Agence France-Presse

Hong Kong opened a temporary field hospital with 500 beds on Saturday to house stable Covid-19 patients as the city battles a new wave of virus infections.

The financial hub had been a poster child for tackling coronavirus, with local transmissions all but ended by early summer.

But since July the pathogen has returned, with some cases brought in by the tens of thousands of people who were exempted from a mandatory quarantine imposed on most arrivals.

The opening of the hospital comes a day after city leader Carrie Lam announced the postponement of upcoming legislative elections for a year, saying that the decision is purely protecting public health and has "nothing to do with politics".

More than 2,000 new infections have been detected since the start of July - 60 per cent of the total since the virus first hit the city in late January.

The new makeshift hospital set up at the city's AsiaWorld-Expo exhibition centre near the airport will take in Covid-19 patients aged from 18 to 60.

"Our goal is to triage the patients from the community and provide them with appropriate treatment and hospitalisation arrangement," Dr Larry Lee from the Hospital Authority told media, adding that around 20 to 30 patients are expected to be admitted on the first day.

Dr Lee said that arriving patients will go through X-rays as well as blood, saliva and heart tests.

If found unstable, patients will be sent to hospitals while stable ones will get treatment and put under medical observation at the facility.

New daily infections have been above 100 for the past 10 days with total infection numbers rising to 3,272 on Friday. The death toll rose from seven to 29 in July.

China has offered to send mainland testing staff to the city to carry out "large-scale nucleic acid testing".

In a statement on Saturday, the National Health Commission of China said it had set up a team comprised of 60 clinical laboratory staff, and an "advance unit" would arrive in the city on Sunday.

CORONAVIRUS - SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR SUGGESTS PEOPLE FORM BUBBLES

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Cyprus Mail 1 August 2020 - by Andria Kades

One of the government’s health experts on handling the coronavirus, suggested on Saturday that people create social bubbles so as to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Dr Constantinos Tsioutis, assistant professor of internal medicine, infection prevention and control at the European University said people should limit their social interactions to people that belong to this bubble.

This could include family members, people they live with, colleagues at work or clients they have to regularly deal with and people that they regularly interact with.

“If a large amount of the population creates social bubbles, then we limit the spread of the virus, while contact tracing will be much easier.”

Tsioutis suggested people stick to this circle of people as much as possible and not interact with people outside of the bubble for a period of time.

This model could work in Cyprus he said, because there is limited exposure to crowded indoor spaces, close family ties, small distances, small networks, limited areas with superspreading conditions and limited use of public transport.

“Let’s all try to have a specific number of people from 10 to 20 that we have close contact with.”

Keeping these people in our social bubble “limits the risk of us getting the virus from someone else and at the same time, if we have the virus, we limit the chance of spreading it to a large number of people.”

The wider someone’s social circle due to their family, work and daily interactions, then their interaction with other people increases the likelihood of spreading or getting the virus, he added.

Tsioutis said that this idea would not be feasible for people working in customer service for instance, people who travel or those working in places with many employees.

Some countries have proposed the social circle should comprise of no more than 10 people. Other countries have had even fewer but this depends on the individual and the epidemiological situation of the country.

He stressed the need to implement individual safety measures, adding that the use of a mask is complementary because it does not replace the measures that need to continue being implemented.

HEALTH MINISTRY CLARIFIES WHERE MASK-WEARING IS COMPULSORY

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in-cyprus 1 August 2020 - by Annie Charalambous

Cyprus has made mask-wearing compulsory in all indoor public spaces and the Health Ministry on Saturday clarified exactly where this new coronavirus preventive measure applies.

An official announcement said all citizens, aged six and above, have to wear masks at the following places:

—Supermarkets/Bakeries

—Malls/Retail shops/Commercial Centres/Churches

—Visitors at Hospitals/Clinics/Elderly Peoples’ Homes/Other Institutions providing health care

—Public Services/Departments and semi-governmental organisations as well as private enterprises which provide service to the public (eg. Banks, post offices, citizens bureaus etc)

—Betting shops

—Elevators

The Ministry also reminded that the fine for violators is €300.

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