If it is deemed necessary to take any additional measures against the spread of the coronavirus after assessing the situation next week,they will be taken, Health Minister Michael Hadjipandela said on Saturday. The minister also said that next week another private hospital with another 30 beds for coronavirus will be integrated
[/P]Answering questions from reporters after his visit to the Latsia Health Centre and asked whether further measures beyond the mask will be seen, Mr. Hajipandela said that they are evaluating the data continuously.
"There will be a meeting with the scientific team next week, which has been set, I will hear the views of the scientists and if we need to take any additional measures we will take," he said.
Asked if there was any specific question put to the scientists, he said there was no question, noting that "we will make an assessment of the situation till the last moment and accordingly we will decide."
In response to a reporter's comment that Cyprus is the first country to resume the use of the mask, he said that "it is a decision in which others will follow us, and you will see it in the coming weeks."
Asked whether the requirement to increase beds due to hospitalisation is something the ministry is concerned about, Hadjipandela said he believes that the hospitals are ready. "Next week another private hospital will be added with another 30 beds for coronavirus, I don't think there is any problem," he added."
Asked whether the spontaneous work stoppage on Saturday by Larnaca General Hospital nurses had anything to do with the increase in beds in Nicosia and the possible transfer of staff from Larnaca to other hospitals, he said he had not been officially informed. "I prefer to be officially informed and I will take a position," he said.
We are trying to find solutions for the TEPs
Asked about the TEPs, Hajipandela said a meeting has been scheduled to look at all the issues, "and we are trying to find solutions."
He said he would also go to the Nicosia General Hospital's CICU on Saturday to see what state that department is in there, as well as what state the short-stay hospitalisation for coronavirus is in.
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