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Virologist hopes infections will be contained in winter, concern over 10-18 year olds due to low vaccination coverage

We are hoping for a milder increase in COVID-19 cases as we are entering the winter months, Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Virology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, Petros Karayiannis, told CNA on Friday, pointing out at the same time that children up to 18 years of age are at risk of COVID infection, due to the low vaccination coverage in the age group.

He said that after the stability in the number of cases, there has been a slight increase over the last few days. “We have reached 200 cases per day, at a time when we were down to two digits.

Source: Cyprus News Agency