The mayor of Kakopetria, Ioannis Iakovidis, is deeply concerned about the bookings of at least 500 students in community hotels for the coming weekend amid a coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to ant1.com.cy, Mr. Iakovidis explained that they expect during tonight's announcements for the new measures, a relevant decree from the Government to impose bans on trips to Kakopetria so that there is no spread of the virus.
In fact, Mr. Iakovidis noted that within the day he will contact the Ministry of Health to re-raise his urging for the whole issue.
Besides, last Monday a meeting was held with all the involved bodies and the issue of the excursions in Kakopetria was raised. "We have concluded that we will wait today for what they will decide with the new measures and we will act accordingly. The excursions start on Saturday but they said that they are postponed ", said Mr. Iakovidis.
Asked who assured them that the excursions were postponed, Mr. Iakovidis answered PSEM. However, this does not guarantee anything, since as informed by ant1.com.cy, it is not in the responsibilities of the organized student movement to postpone or conduct these excursions, since as it is known, the students of each school unit are not institutionalized. proceed separately.
"What we need to understand is that this year is different from the others. It is not a matter of being students. "For the last two years we have been happy since the Police also took care of them", Mr. Iakovidis pointed out.
The mayor of Kakopetria also expressed his concern that in case the measure of the night traffic ban is announced tonight, as is the case in Limassol and Paphos, without banning the trips at the same time, large groups of students will gather in the rooms and thus there will be a great risk of dispersal. of the virus.
"Who will be able to check the students whether or not there are more than 6 in each room?", He asked and stressed that the Police can not be present everywhere.
From there, in a communication of ANT1 with the Chairman of the Committee of Mountain Resorts PASYXE, Andrea Mandala, we were told that the hoteliers have canceled all the reservations for this weekend, however at the same time he stressed that he will disappoint them if they see students in the Community who will be staying in illegal accommodation.
Besides, this intention of the hoteliers was confirmed in his intervention in the ANT1 show "Mera Mesimeri", by the president of PSEM, Dimitris Palatos.
Specifically, the president of the student movement explains that he knew that some students had booked hotels, but I did not know which schools and when. "For this weekend, the hoteliers had said on Monday that they would be postponed, I think, so that they can see the measures today and see how they will act in the future based on the new measures."
Source: Ant1