The Government denies that special measures will be taken for Limassol due to the deteriorating epidemiological image of the city. Speaking to reporters after President Anastasiadis's meeting with party leaders and members of the coronavirus epidemiological advisory group, Government Spokesman Kyriakos Kousios said that announcements on easing restrictive measures would be made tomorrow. Health, Konstantinos Ioannou, after the meeting of the Council of Ministers.
“March is a critical month,” said Kousios, stressing that “we must all act responsibly to be able to fully relax the measures without any risk to our health.” He also clarified that there is no political decision to take special measures for the province of Limassol.
The Government Spokesman said that during today's meeting, the President of the Republic fully and thoroughly informed the political leaders on issues related to the pandemic.
He also said that the Minister of Health, Konstantinos Ioannou, but also the coordinator of the epidemiological advisory group, Konstantinos Tsioutis, informed the political leaders about issues related to the epidemiological picture, the management of the examination program (test), the vaccination program , the rates of vaccinations, for the time when the vaccinations are expected to be completed to cover the entire population of Cyprus, as well as for the measures, which are under discussion and for the relaxations that are expected to be decided tomorrow by the Council of Ministers.
The Government Spokesman said that all the political leaders were asked a lot of questions, which were thoroughly answered by both the President of the Republic and the Minister of Health, as well as the members of the epidemiological advisory group.
He added that the President of the Republic also informed the political leaders that tomorrow the Council of Ministers, during its meeting, will discuss further relaxation of measures.
“At this point and in view of some reports that have been made, I must note that there is no political decision to take special measures for the province of Limassol,” the government spokesman said.
Mr. Kousios said that he once again invokes the patience and composure of our fellow citizens. “Let us all observe hygiene and protection measures without exception so that we can control the pandemic and return to normalcy as soon as possible,” he said. He added that “we must all recognize that with the courage, the timely measures we took, the patience of all our fellow citizens, with the sacrifices of our fellow citizens, we have reached the point of being among the best countries in managing the pandemic.”
He recalled that “compared to other European countries we have the shortest time in restrictive measures and we have much better results in terms of mortality, treatment of patients, testing, but we also have the perspective, which is given to us by the epidemiological image, soon the measures will gradually relax “.
