The daily detection of positive incidents in nursing homes and the non-compliance of fans and sportsmen with the protection measures during football matches, were discussed yesterday during the meeting of the Minister of Health Michalis Hadjipandella with the members of the Advisory Scientific Committee. For this reason, the relevant proposals are included in the decisions that will be made today, as suggestions before the Council of Ministers by the Minister of Health. High on the agenda, of course, was education, which also concerns some of the proposals that will be discussed today by the Ministry.
According to information from "F", members of the TEU expressed strong concern about the situation prevailing in the nursing homes, as it was found in the last three weeks, Positive cases are found almost every day in nursing homes throughout Cyprus.
Analyzing the data, as they emerge from the tracking process, scientists and the Minister of Health, decided that it is necessary to apply even stricter protection measures for the elderly and the elderly who live in such places. That is why it was finally announced that in addition to the spending ban that was decided last week, a proposal will be submitted to the Council of Ministers today for a mandatory presentation of a negative test by those entering the nursing homes, regardless of vaccination history.
Information of "Φ" states that from so far evidence has shown that people who have received all three doses of the vaccine and are asymptomatic become infected and unknowingly transmit the virus to other people in the same area. Fortunately, at present the increase in cases in nursing homes has not turned into an increased number of elderly and elderly patients in hospitals.
In terms of education, the data of the last days were also analyzed and the will of all for open schools and classes with physical presence was re-emphasized. In fact, in order to achieve this goal, the TEU adopted a proposal that was put before it and provides for the introduction of the practice "test to stay" which has been applied since last year in several countries and in the schools of Cyprus.
This measure, which will be applied in both Primary and Secondary Education, provides that with the detection of a positive incident in a department, all other students and / or teachers of the same department are tested on the spot (the possibility of granting self is considered -test in all school units) and those who have a negative result remain in their classroom with the process being repeated for the next three days.
For the implementation of the "test to stay", the Ministry of Health is already in the process of elaborating proposals concerning practical issues and the relevant announcements will be made in the coming days and if and if the proposal is finally adopted today by the Council of Ministers.
In addition to providing free self-tests to schools, the Ministry of Health is also studying the possibility of operating separate sampling centers in various parts of the provinces, solely to serve students and teachers. It is also possible that the schools will be served with mobile units.
For schools, a change in the health protocol that is followed should be expected and it is not excluded to adopt a proposal based on which, in Primary Education (where it is easier to implement), the classes will be closed only when there is no teacher who can not replace.
End, in terms of stadiums, as the Minister of Health pointed out in his statements after the meeting with the members of the TEU, "Football teams are given one last chance to enforce order among their fans, to strictly observe the protection measures and to use protective masks everywhere." If, as the Minister of Health said, "If this does not happen, then we will come back and unfortunately we will be forced to close the stadiums. That is, the football matches will be held without fans ".
The intentions for the schools are clear
However, regarding their intentions for education, both the Minister of Health Michalis Hadjipandelas and the head of the TEE Konstantinos Tsioutis were clear, with Mr. Tsioutis emphasizing that "We want some places, such as schools, to definitely support them, and that's why we try to take advantage of all the weapons we have at our disposal, such as tests, which is why we suggested the introduction of 'test to stay' in schools. units ". "Beyond that", he said, "Our goal is to keep the economy open and not to affect our own activity either. Inevitably, this can not be fully achieved, we are clearly affected, but we are trying to tackle this pandemic outbreak based more on social needs.
For his part, the Minister of Health stated that "Every day we will monitor and evaluate the hospitalizations and if there is an increase, then there will be an emergency session and if additional measures need to be taken, they will be taken. At the moment we are continuing with the existing measures ". The Minister of Health, when asked to comment on any proposal for the administration of the fourth dose to the elderly, noted that "there was a position, specifically by Mr. Karagiannis, from whom I asked, in the next meeting, to present more information. ».
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