While the vaccination for people over the age of 80, which started yesterday, continues with a mass turnout and the discussion about the two vaccines, Sinovac and Pfizer, is going well, Jenny Duzen states in a post on her website today that the death of a 68-year-old with COPD who did the vaccine yesterday at the general hospital of Kyrenia, may be related to the vaccination.
Ergun Ciakmak, 68, lives in occupied Agia Irini. He suffers from COPD and was diabetic. As a vulnerable group of the population, he was vaccinated (it is not specified which of the two) at the general hospital of Kyrenia. He was found dead at his home this morning, and according to Jenny Duzen, there are concerns that the deaths could be due to the vaccine. The body of the 68-year-old will be autopsied for the exact causes of death, while the "police" announced that they are conducting an investigation. However, it is not implied that this is a criminal act.
The Turkish Cypriot press is talking today about the mass attendance of the elderly at the 5 vaccination centers. In just one day yesterday, 1.390 people were vaccinated in these 5 centers. At the same time, two discussions are taking place in the occupied territories, one concerning which of the two vaccines, the Chinese or the European, is more reliable and good, and the other when the next batches of vaccines will arrive. The "health minister", Ali Pilli, stated that processes are being carried out to reach the next vaccines in the occupied territories and called on the people to be vaccinated, saying that they do not need to make distinctions, both vaccines are reliable and approved.
"Deputy Prime Minister" and "Minister of Economy and Energy" Erhan Arikli said on the website Hamber Kipris today that he had talked with the Turkish Minister of Health, Fahrettin Hoxha, and next week more vaccines will come to the pseudo-state from Turkey. The "Minister of Health", Ali Pilli, will make a relevant statement about how many installments there will be.
Exemptions from compulsory quarantine and the payment of the cost of PCR tests or others were also announced today.
The people excluded, according to the relevant announcement, are the military appointed in the occupied territories, the foreign students, the students who are citizens of the pseudo-state in foreign universities, the people who receive social assistance and disability pension, the patients referred by the "health council And their escorts, people from Turkey who pay an "official visit" to the occupied territories, officials of the pseudo-state who will pay an official visit abroad.
The decision states that the "Ministry of Finance" is authorized to determine the expenses of those who will be quarantined in the context of the decisions of the Supreme Committee of Infectious / Communicable Diseases of the "Ministry of Health".
Reopening of schools
In the meantime, and according to the GTP, the Turkish press today refers to statements by the "Minister of Education", Olgun Amzaoglou, that the schools will reopen on Monday, January 25, but next Friday it will be decided whether the classes will be conducted in a natural way. in person or online.
Mr. Amtziaoglu said that it is necessary for the "public" and private schools to reopen on the same day and reminded that the winter holidays were extended by a decision of the "cabinet" which must be respected by all schools.
Jenny Duzen writes that an email sent by the management of some private schools to parents states that the two-day online education was suspended, at the request of the "Ministry of Education". According to the report, some schools had started holidays on December 22 and reopened on January 4, implementing distance education.
Mr. Amtzaoglou also stated that actions have been taken so that students from abroad can come from February 1st and the costs of their quarantine stay will be paid by the "government".