Day: September 17, 2021

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EUMED leaders express solidarity with Cyprus

EUMED leaders who participated Friday in the 8th Summit in Athens expressed their solidarity to Cyprus as regards the efforts to reunite the island and called on Turkey to terminate its provocations and cooperate with good will.

In statements during a press conference that followed the Summit, Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that security and stability in the Mediterranean remains a fundamental priority of all the EUMED leaders, pointing out that this stability and security is based on respect of the international law and the Law of the Sea, which all EUMED countries have signed and comply with.

Mitsotakis underlined that this respect of the law needs to be shown by neighboring Turkey and called Ankara to terminate its aggressive behavior towards Cyprus, Greece and the region.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

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Cyprus reports no deaths from COVID Friday, 153 new cases detected, 89 patients in hospitals

Cyprus Health Ministry on Friday announced 153 new COVID cases and 89 hospitalized patients. No deaths were reported today. The total deaths remain at 545 and the cases rose to 118,723.

Of the hospitalized patients, 36 are in serious condition and according to the figures, 74,16% of the people in hospitals are not vaccinated. Moreover, the Ministry announced that 11 post-COVID patients who are no longer infectious, are intubated and in serious condition in ICUs.

The new cases were detected from a total of 64,290 tests (rapid and PCR) and the positivity rate stands at 0.24%.

Of the 36 patients in serious condition, 15 are intubated, 2 are in ICUs and 19 in ACUs.

Of the 64,290 tests, 8,770 were PCR and 55,520 rapid tests and the new cases were detected as follows: 25 from 358 samples taken in the framework of contact tracing, 15 from

Source: Cyprus News Agency