A further increase in cases is expected in the coming days, according to the Head of the Tracing Unit of the Ministry of Health, Valentino Silvestro.
Speaking to the Cyprus[/B] Times, he said the Unit is working feverishly as the new increase in positive cases and reinfections does not allow for complacency.
Remarkably, people are getting sick two and three times, with some of them contracting the disease again in a short period of time.
"In the last week around 2,500 reinfections have been recorded. We are now evaluating the data to see in detail what the conclusions are. As we can see in some cases citizens get sick two and three times over a short period of time, but these are the minority. The average re-infection is 9 months, but we have seen a few cases where citizens got sick again in two and three weeks," he said.
Asked what he believes is the reason for the new spike in cases and re-infections, he said that spikes are generally seen in other countries, but Omicron 2, which is much more contagious, and the mass gatherings we saw on Halloween may be playing a role here.
Finally, as can be seen, chains of transmission are found in various places such as schools, businesses and workplaces.
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