lowvoltage wrote:
I was watching the BBC news at lunch time toady, I was very surprised when the reporter mentioned Cyprus, they say that the cases were rocketing now I see it is true hence this new thread, I can understand the UK cases rising but not Cyprus, what has gone wrong? I thought Cyprus was fairly safe obviously not.
It is simple why our cases are rising from zero
We opened up ...the virus kept flying in..one lady flew in from the States and started a large chain of infection.....a lot of people forgot their protocols
Or some even refused to follow protocols even when they where covid positive
A 60 strong squad of Footballers , trainers etc ...arrived back from Greece ...and stared smaller chains of virus in Larnaca
Limassol has had many chains lots from coffee shops and bars
We watch older expats in a Peyia all of the time ....all hugging each other ...no distancing ....no masks..
Silently the virus has been spreading by Asymptomatic....and of course this leads to symptomatic cases ...which leads to hospital and sadly will and can lead to death
This last week numbers have been doubling.....the 104 cases of a few days ago ...needed a track and trace of 2500 individuals ....how much partying and socializing are some of those people with the virus doing?
And then of course two days later we jump to over 202 new cases ...we haven,t even tracked and traced the ones from a few days earlier
And still people are carrying on as if nothing is going on
The worst bit for Cyprus ...is Cyprus really is not medically prepared for what is happening
They closed down the units they had been using in March and have not taken steps to prepare for a much worse second wave
Cyprus is is still open to many airlines....they need the tourism
We are isolating and shielding....keeping away from it all as much as we can
The island needs to shut down rapidly to get the cases that we have got ...back under control
Before the covid wards and our small ICU become over run
This is today’s update ...63 cases so far today....that number normally goes up...by the end of the day .....but look how many cases in 28 days ...and the age groups affected
We need tighter controls
https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/10/18/coro ... on-sunday/