Month: October 2021

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British High Commissioner recognises contribution of Cypriot volunteer with Commonwealth Points of Light award

The British High Commissioner to Cyprus, Stephen Lillie, this week hosted a small tea-party to award Patricia Phaedonos as the 197th Commonwealth Point of Light in recognition of her exceptional voluntary service in support of women’s, victims’ and LGBTQ+ rights.

 

Α press release circulated on Friday by the High Commission says that Patricia, 44, is a graduate of the UK’s University of Sunderland and University of Derby, full-time school counsellor and long-serving volunteer with organisations including; Accept Cyprus, supporting LGBTQ+ rights; and the Cyprus Family Planning Association, the leading organisation on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Cyprus.

 

Patricia has also volunteered extensively with the Cyprus-based SPAVO (Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family) where she worked to build greater capacity for hand

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency

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Cyprus reports 2 deaths due to COVID-19, 59 new cases, 73 people are in hospital on Friday

Authorities in Cyprus reported two more deaths from COVID-19 and 59 new cases on Friday. The positivity rate stands at 0.22%. At the same time 73 patients with the disease are in hospital, 30 of whom in a serious condition.

 

According to a Health Ministry press release 61.85% of patients with COVID-19 treated in hospital has not been vaccinated.

 

The total number of deaths is 554 and the total number of cases since the outbreak of the pandemic is 120,331.

 

Ten post-COVID patients who are no longer infectious are still treated in ICUs intubated and in a serious condition.

 

On Friday 26,652 tests were carried out, 4,534 by PCR method and 22,118 by antigen rapid method.

 

The deceased were a man aged 82 and a woman aged 54 who both passed away at Nicosia General Hospital ICU on Friday. The total number of deaths is now 554

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency