The 4,166 cases recorded in two days in Cyprus have sounded a loud alarm bell to the Ministry of Health. The Omicron mutation appears to be advancing although the steady number of hospitalisations leaves a window of hope that the new strain is less virulent. However, concern about the Intensive Care Units remains.
The Ministry of Health and the Scientific Advisory Committee are being asked today to announce how we will spend the New Year without "blowing up" the epidemiological picture.
As reported in previous articles in the Cyprus Times the possibility of imposing emergency measures remains open. Whether these will be mild, as reported, and whether they will come into effect immediately or after the New Year is expected to be answered by Michael Hadjipandela, after his meeting at 4pm with scientists. Statements will be made at 5 and 30.
According to reports, gatherings in homes, eating places and nightclubs - from which a significant number of cases have emerged in the last 24 hours - appear to be under the microscope of scientists. At the same time, as mentioned in a previous publication, the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee seem to agree on the use of double masks in areas of high confusion and on extending the rate of teleworking, following the example of other countries and Greece.
At today's meeting, the epidemiological data and of course where the more than four thousand cases of the past two days came from are expected to be analysed in order to draw conclusions about where most and largest chains of cases are located and any measures to be targeted.
The focus is also on the age of covid sufferers. Attention remains focused on the youngest individuals. From 18 to 24 December, according to data held by the Ministry of Health, there was a significant increase in the ages between 18 and 34 years old. While in the same period there were 190 reinfections.
The possibility of a horizontal lockdown is not, at least for the moment, on the table since it is something that no one wants, mainly for reasons of economy and psychology.
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