Αssociated Press reports that seeing a spike in cases of COVID-19 after the pandemic had been held relatively in check through much of the end of 2019, Cyprus is resorting to a second lockdown – except its airports and ports bringing in travelers – to try to regain control.
There will be tighter restrictions on movements and closing of battered businesses who had been resisting measures keeping them shut, as well as residents are worn out by seeing their movement limited.
Schools are being shut again after the government said a nightly curfew and existing measures weren’t working well enough and Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said intensive care units treating Covid-19 patients have reached their limits and tougher restrictions are needed to prevent “people dying helplessly because we don’t have available beds.”
The new measures began Jan. 10 and will let people go out only twice a day with approval required and only kindergarten, pre-school or those serving students with special needs can open, others closed and teaching moved online.
The country’s 9 p.m. -5 a.m. curfew is being extended to the end of the month, as is a ban on public and private gatherings, again shutting hair and beauty salons, theaters, cinemas, shopping malls, gyms, nightclubs, restaurants, and playgrounds.
Read the full report at thenationalherald.com
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