The closing of the roadblocks will be extended, according to information, until Monday.
The decision is expected to be announced within the day by the Minister of Health, Konstantinos Ioannou. It is judged that the reasons for the restrictions on some roadblocks remain and the whole issue will be re-examined on Monday in the framework of the meeting of the Council of Ministers.
We remind you that since last Saturday at 0600 the roadblocks on Ledras Street, Astromeritis, Lefka and Deryneia were closed.
The decision was announced by the Minister of Health Konstantinos Ioannou after a meeting of the Council of Ministers, emphasizing that the measures are for the protection of the citizens of the whole island and that the data will be evaluated on a daily basis by the National Crisis Management Center. decisions.
The Minister of Health explained that the specific roadblocks that remain open were selected "because geographically they serve their purpose. Our goal is not to bother the people, so they were chosen so that geographically everyone can be served ".
The remaining roadblocks remain open to serve the citizens and are staffed by nurses and rescuers who work overtime.
The announcement of the decision to temporarily close the four roadblocks provoked the reaction of the Turkish Cypriot side and the announcement followed an exchange of statements between the representative of the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and the government spokesman Kyriakos K.
Source: philenews