Day: May 30, 2021

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Cyprus reports 44 new coronavirus infections, 73 patients in hospitals, no deaths on Sunday

The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 73 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals, while 44 new coronavirus cases were detected in the last 24 hours, with positivity rate standing at 0.09%. The total number of infections since the outbreak of the pandemic reaches 72,407.

 

No deaths were recorded and thus their number remains at 360 (240 men or 67% and 120 women or 33%). The median age of the deceased is 78.

 

Out of the 73 patients who are being treated in hospitals, 32 are in a critical condition (18 are intubated).

 

In the Famagusta General Hospital there are 15 patients, in the Nicosia  General Hospital there are 36 patients,  20 other patients are being treated in the Limassol General Hospital and 2 are in the Makario Hospital in Nicosia.

 

A total of  47,156 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, (5,210 wit

 

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency

 

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Day after elections must be with increased responsibility towards our country, President says

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday that the day following the parliamentary elections must be characterised by an increased responsibility towards the country, adding that he intends to convene a meeting with the leaders of the new Parliament`s political parties to seek together the roadmap for the future of the country.

 

In statements at the Presidential Palace, the President stressed that the day after the elections “should be characterised by an increased responsibility demonstrated by everyone towards our homeland.”

 

The President added that he intends to invite the leaders of the political parties of the new Parliament to seek together, “in a climate of consensus and understanding, the roadmap for the future of our country”.

 

 

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency

 

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Voter turnout up by 0.3% by 10.00 o’ clock in the morning, Chief Returning Officer says

Voter turnout by 10.00 o` clock this morning records a small increase of 0.3% across the island, compared to figures of the 2016 parliamentary elections, Chief Returning Officer Costas Constantinou said.

 

He also said that the 4 ballot boxes opened in the UK for citizens who have the right to vote abroad.

Constantinou also said that by 10.00 this morning, a total of 39 persons (43%), voted in the mobile ballot boxes for people with COVID. A total of 91 persons have registered to voted in the ballot boxes that will be brought to their homes.

 

Constantinou told the press that by 10.00 am, the turnout stood at 10.27%. In Nicosia district was 9.34% compared to 11% in 2016, 10.8% in the presidential elections of 2018 and 10% in the elections for MEPs in 2019.

 

In Limassol this turnout was 10.19%, compared to 10% in 2016, 8.40% in 2018 and 6% in.

 

 

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency

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Voter turnout 26% until 1200, Chief Returning Officers says

Voter turnout was 26% until 1200 when polling stations closed for a one hour break, according to the Chief Returning Office, Costas Constantinou.

 

Constantinou said that ballot boxes in 1,158 voting centres which operate in Cyprus and Greece closed temporarily at midday and voting would resume at 1300. He added that voters continued to proceed to the polling stations in order and calmness, without any problems.

 

 

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency

 

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UK government says “no plans to authorise direct flights” to Turkish-occupied Cyprus

The UK Government has stated that there are “no plans to authorise direct flights between the UK and the north of Cyprus”, as it referred to the Turkish-occupied northern third of the island.

 

In a response to a relevant Turkish Cypriot petition on the British Parliament’s website, the Foreign Office have reiterated a previously stated position, namely that “in accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ as an independent state; the United Kingdom recognises the Republic of Cyprus as the sovereign authority for the island of Cyprus. As a result, the UK Government cannot negotiate an Air Services Agreement with the administration in the north of Cyprus.

 

 

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency