Day: January 21, 2022

Health Ministry said on Friday that 77% of the patients in hospitals are not vaccinated.

A press release says that based on data, 3% of the patients are fully vaccinated (2 doses or 1 of JJ) while 10% are also fully vaccinated but 5 months and 2 weeks have elapsed since they were administered the 2nd dose or the 1st dose for JJ vaccine.

It is added that 1% of the patients are not fully vaccinated and 1% were administered the booster shot and were infected in less than 14 days after they were administered the 3rd dose.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Residential property prices in Cyprus continued to rise in the third quarter of 2021, primarily driven by apartment purchases, according to Residential Property Price Index released Friday by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC).

The Index recorded a quarterly increase of 0.5% compared to 0.3% in the second quarter of 2021, while on an annual basis the index recorded an increase of 1.2% compared to 0.3% in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

House prices in the third quarter decreased in many areas both on a quarterly and annual basis, contrary to the increase in apartment prices.

Specifically, house prices decreased on an annual basis by 0.3%, while on a quarterly basis the prices recorded a small increase of 0.3% mainly due to increases in Larnaca and Paphos districts. On the contrary, apartment prices increased by 1% on a quarterl

Source: Cyprus News Agency

It is premature to talk about the end of the pandemic in spring, Petros Karayiannis, a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Virology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, told CNA.

Asked if we are heading towards the end of the pandemic, Professor Karayiannis said that many believe that due to the mildness of the Omicron variant we may be entering the endemic phase of coronavirus. “I think it is too early to say that with certainty, because we have forgotten a thing or two about the coronavirus” he said.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

“Test to stay” programme will be put into effect at schools on Monday, January 24th, the Ministry of Health says.

This measure applies to elementary and high schools with the aim for schools to remain open in a safe environment.

As the protocol says, students who are close contacts of a confirmed case within the school will be tested. This measure does not apply to all those who are in self isolation as close contacts.

The Ministry says that close contacts who are unvaccinated or were administered the 1st dose or have concluded their vaccination scheme and 7 months have elapsed or were infected and 90 days passed can either self isolate for 10 days and exit the isolation on the 7th day with a negative PCR test or can come to school and get tested with a rapid test everyday for 6 consecutive days since the day they came into contact with a case

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Member States that are at the external borders (including the case of Cyprus and the Green Line), as well as Member States under migratory pressure, should be supported and assisted adequately, 16 EU member states taking part in the Vilnius Conference on Border Management agreed. The conference, concluded on Friday, was co-organized by Greece, Austria, Poland and Lithuania and was attended by Ministers responsible for Migration from the 27 member states, along with the European Commission and relevant European agencies. Cyprus was represented by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, who addressed a joint press conference along with his counterparts from Lithuania, Greece, Austria and Poland.

Source: Cyprus News Agency