Covid Cases Rising

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The government on Wednesday placed restrictions in hospitality venues and other places where people gathered in large numbers in a bid to stem the spread of Covid infections, which have reached high triple figures in recent days.

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said the aim of the restrictions was to contain the spread of the virus, as infection clusters had been traced to places where large gatherings took place, and social events.

Large transmission chains were mainly made up of youths with intense social activity, the minister said.

“At the same time, it has been found that over 90 per cent of the Covid cases either had not completed their vaccination or had no history of vaccination, reinforcing concerns regarding the virus’ mutations and the spread inside the community,” the minister said.

“Of equal concern, was the fact that the majority of hospitalised patients were people who have not been vaccinated, resulting in them developing serious symptoms and needing hospital care.”

According to the minister, between Friday and July 31, the maximum permitted number of people indoors will be 250 after presenting a safe-pass, or 350 provided they have received at least one vaccination jab three weeks ago or had contracted the virus in the past six months.

During the same period, the maximum number of people permitted in outdoor venues will be 350 with a safe-pass, or 500 if they have received at least one dose of a vaccine or had been ill with Covid in the past six months.

Youths aged between 12 and 15 and those 16 and above with serious illnesses that preclude them from receiving a vaccine are exempted and can enter such venues by presenting a negative test conducted not more than 72 hours ago.

The measures include restaurants, event halls, nightclubs, live music venues, bars, cinemas, theatres, places of worship, and sports facilities apart from football stadiums.

Businesses that opt to host only people who are fully vaccinated or who had passed the illness in the past six months must ensure they inform the public and post visible signs in their establishment.

The responsibility of implementation lies with the owners or managers of the establishments.

Police and other authorised people are responsible for monitoring the measures.

The health minister repeated the incentives announced earlier this month in a bid to get more people to vaccinate.

Soldiers will be granted five-day leave of absence if they get a jab between July 15 and August 31 while vaccinated members of the public will be eligible for a holiday allowance if they get vaccinated between July 15 and August 31.

Employees in the public and private sector will be entitled to have a day off from work for vaccination, for both doses. The same will apply for parents and guardians accompanying their underage children to their vaccinations.

Between Friday and July 20, entrance to football games will be allowed to people with at least one vaccine dose administered at least three weeks ago, those with negative tests not older than three days, and people who had fallen ill in the past six months.

Football stadiums can only allow in 50 per cent of capacity.

Youths aged between 12 and 15 and those 16 and above with health problems that preclude them from vaccinating may enter by displaying negative tests.

From July 21 onwards, football fixtures can only be attended by fully vaccinated people or those who had the virus in the last six months. The stadiums will operate at 75 per cent capacity. The previous exemptions also apply.

The government will also terminate free testing on August 1, except to youths aged between 12 and 15 and those over 16 with serious illnesses.

Also from August 1, Cypriots and those legally residing in the Republic must follow protocols that apply to all passengers unless they have received the first dose of the vaccine.

Specifically, only those with one dose will be eligible for a PCR at the Republic’s airports upon arrival.

If they have not received at least one dose or have no recovery certificate and are planning to travel with a PCR test from countries in the Orange or Red categories, they must present a negative PCR result not older than three days from their country.

The previous exceptions apply here also.

Source https://cyprusmail.com/2021/07/07/coron … us-spread/

Today

952 new cases
93 in hospital
No deaths
44k tested

6 cases detected coming through the airports

Today

993 new cases
No deaths
107 in hospital
49k tested


And we’ve gone into the dark red zone

Surely only hospitalizations and deaths matter? Vaccinations have no effect on testing results, obviously. Stop testing unless someone is ill, then treat it rather than wait until they cannot breathe.

New cases are important as it helps assess risk

...vaccination doesn't prevent new cases therefore no use in assessing risk.

Really - Why not ?

Jim

Today
882 new cases
117 in hospital
No deaths
62k tested

5 new cases detected coming through the airports

Today

960 new cases
No deaths
125 in hospital
Almost 70k tested

6 new cases detected coming through the airports

It is now possible to vaccinate your 16 or 17 year old, but they only recommend Pfizer. So those 18 to 30 year olds who took AZ or J&J, pressured by parents and grandparents, got the wrong one. How do they feel? Fear and guilt all round, no doubt, but you cannot take it back. The experiment continues....

Stop with the vaccination scaremongering please....

Jim

YESTERDAY
849 new cases
No deaths
139 in hospital
64k tested

5 new cases detected coming through the airports

Today
832 new cases
No deaths
153 in hospital
60k tested

12 new cases detected coming through the airports

Today

1081 new cases
2 deaths
159 in hospital
69k tested


11detected coming through the airports

TODAY

1120 new cases
1 death
165 in hospital
63k tested

6 new cases detected coming through the airports

TODAY

1152 new  cases
No deaths
182 in hospital
62k tested

What countries are flying in to cyprus as they seems a lot detected in airport so sad that the cases are rising very fast

6-12 a day is  not a lot but for me it’s still too many. I suspect these are mainly returning Cypriot nationals or returning non Cypriot legal residents of Cyprus who can test here on arrival ( no requirement to do a test pre flight in their departure country) IMO that needs to stop.

This illustrates how easy it is to spread and catch it even if double vaccinated!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.c … r-12355402

Indeed Jim

Most of the new infections are of the Delta variant

Bottom line stay safe stay healthy do what you can and feel comfortable in doing to keep yourself Covid free - protect yourself and others simultaneously

TODAY
953 new cases
One death
190 in hospital
70k tested

At least the number of new cases has dropped,,, lets hope it continues

That hospital figure is the most worrying as if that gets anywhere near 300 that would mean the hospitals are close to the breaking point of covid care......

It is criminal that, on a positive test, the instruction is to go home and self isolate. Then, when you cannot breath, go to hospital.

Instead, on a positive test, immediate use of ivermectine, budesonide, fluvoxamine,vit d, zinc. Review after 5 days,then 8 days. Result? Eliminate 85%  of hospitalizations.

And the world gets back to normal. ....

So where is the scientific  evidence of this

Today

928 new cases
No deaths
203 in hospital
73 k tested

12 detected coming through the airports

Armoukid wrote:

It is criminal that, on a positive test, the instruction is to go home and self isolate. Then, when you cannot breath, go to hospital.

Instead, on a positive test, immediate use of ivermectine, budesonide, fluvoxamine,vit d, zinc. Review after 5 days,then 8 days. Result? Eliminate 85%  of hospitalizations.

And the world gets back to normal. ....

Please post facts with an approved website. No knows is this just hearsay?

yesterday

858 new cases
one death
218 in hospital (worrying these are going up) and 91% of these are not vaccinated)
71k tested

14 detected coming through the airports.....

Stricter measures announced today effective tomorrow safe passes must be produced to enter supermarkets

Also experts expect further strain on hospital as  hospitalizations increase

Source  https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/19/coro … hospitals/

Today

1056 new cases
5 deaths
228 in hospital
70k tested

21 detected coming through the airports

Today

995 new cases
One death
231 in hospital
67k tested

12 detected coming through the airports

Today

1014 new cases ( approx 67% from rapid tests)
3 deaths
243 in hospital
73k tested

11 cases detected coming through the airports

Interesting but not the answer either

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/22/iver … udy-shows/

Today

1046 new cases
4 deaths
264 in hospital
89k tested

9 cases detected coming through the airports

This is not looking good

Today

895 new cases
No deaths
254 in hospital
76k tested

Today
789 new cases
3 deaths
259 in hospital
74k tested

8 cases detected coming through the airports

Hopefully that trend continues

Jim

Let’s hope so

On a brighter note we went down to coral bay strip sea caves and peyia village last night and it looked very busy In the restaurants

Today

727 new cases
2 deaths
276 in hospital
73k tested

9 detected coming through the airports

Today

851 new cases
One death
270 in hospital

13 detected coming through the airports 

72k tested

Free rapid tests end 1st august .. tests cost capped at €10

Rule changes on pcr tests on arrivals https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/26/coro … n-arrival/