Cyprus has offered outpatient care to 500 Ukrainian refugees and inpatient services to 42 refugees, Minister of Health, Michael Hadjipantela, told European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, during a briefing on Friday about the major issues of the European Health portfolio.
During the meeting, in Nicosia, they also discussed the implications for the health sector of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Minister of Health informed the Commissioner that Cyprus has so far offered outpatient care to 500 refugees and inpatient services to 42 refugees.
In addition, he told Kyriakides that if necessary, Cyprus is ready to provide additional assistance to other Ukrainians, who cannot have care in their country because of the war.
On her part, Commissioner Kyriakides stressed that “as the European Commission, also through the rescEU programme, we are in daily contact, so that we can offer all the help needed, both to Ukraine and the Member States, and especially to the bordering members, as well as to Moldova.”
During the meeting, the Minister of Health and the Commissioner of Health exchanged views on the ongoing projects related to the construction of the new Mental Health Centre and the Treatment Unit for Addicts in Nicosia, while examining the latest epidemiological data, as well as COVID-19 and monkeypox cases in the EU.
Source: Cyprus News Agency