AP reports that the return by the government of Cypriots stranded abroad by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has led to a jump in cases, reversing a downward trend as the country was beginning to lift lockdown restrictions to get the economy going again.
There were eight cases reported on May 24, mainly from repatriated Cypriots, a day after there were none for the first time since the outbreak on March 9, reported the Financial Mirror.
The Ministry of Health announced of the 365 samples taken from Cypriots returning on repatriation flights, seven cases of COVID-19 were found, while the eighth case resulted from the contact tracing and tests among 142 cases of confirmed coronavirus patients.
That brought the total of cases to 935 after a constant downslide in the numbers even though it wasn’t said if the uptick was a brief anomaly or could bring worry about a surge if only for a brief period.
Read the full report at thenationalherald.com
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