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Best close the borders eh, oh the irony..

Wait till last Sundays sacrament spoon hits it'll be just like the shrine lickers in Iran

Two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Cyprus, the health minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday.

The two are a 25-year-old man from Limassol and 64-year-old health professional from Nicosia.

The cases are among the 42 people who were being tested for coronavirus on Monday

The 25-year-old, who had recently travelled from northern Italy, had been in self-isolation after being tested at the airport since returning from Milan on February 26. He was re-examined after he started showing symptoms on March 5, and re-entered self-isolation.

The health professional had returned from Britain on March 3 and had reported to medics on March 8. He works at a public health facility in the capital Nicosia and had had previous contact with patients, Ioannou said.

He had not been not tested at the airport, according to the minister, as the UK is not a high-risk country.

Ioannou said the 64-year-old did not enter self-isolation and came into contact with other people over the following days since his return.

He said it was “regrettable” that the second patient only reported to authorities on Sunday.

“This does complicate efforts by the ministry on the tracing we need to do on the contacts he had over the past five days,” he said.

He added the ministry is currently attempting to find the health professional’s contacts and inform them.

“The ministry will conduct test [on his contacts] to determine if they have the virus.”

Ioannou said anyone, who believes they are displaying symptoms should contact the help line at 1420, and get tested.

wanderer wrote:Two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Cyprus, the health minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday.
... The health professional had returned from Britain on March 3 and had reported to medics on March 8. He works at a public health facility in the capital Nicosia and had had previous contact with patients, Ioannou said. He had not been not tested at the airport, according to the minister, as the UK is not a high-risk country.
Ioannou said the 64-year-old did not enter self-isolation and came into contact with other people over the following days since his return.
He said it was “regrettable” that the second patient only reported to authorities on Sunday.

Here we go ... maybe they should seal all the crossings until the situation is under control.

They've sealed Italy where the 25 year old who died came from
British have advised no journeys to Italy Israel 14 days quarantine on entering country

We're Doomed!

The Dr with it was a cardiology doctor, who`d been working for 5 days. Talk this morning is that a 65 year old German tourist has been tested positive here in the North and a hotel in Salamis where he was staying is under quarantine. Did everyone get the text this morning with the 24/7 helpline number and advisory about self quarantine?

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That`s the news link. I think they way they`re handling it here is reassuring.

Just received the SMS, although nothing about self quarantine. Copied and pasted below.

If you travelled to countries with cases of Covid19 disease, if you have fever, difficulty in breathing and coughing, please call the epidemic hotline of the Ministry of Health 24/7 on 0533 850 11 88 or 0548 850 11 88.

No I didn't get the sms message this morning, but I know someone who did, so its gradually doing the rounds.

Çatalköy Belediyesi
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ÖNEMLİ DUYURU:
Tüm dünyada artan ve son olarak da ülkemizde görülen koronavirüs (COVID-19) vakaları sebebiyle Çatalköy Belediyesi, gerçekleştirmeyi planladığı 24 Mart Yaşlılar Haftası kapsamındaki Yeşilırmak Gezisi ve tiyatro performansları da dahil olmak üzere tüm kitlesel etkinliklerini iptal etme kararı almıştır. Bu bağlamda tüm vatandaşlarımızın virüsten korunmaya yönelik gerekli önlemleri almaları için uzmanların tavsiyelerine uymalarını önemle rica ederiz.

Son 15 gün içerisinde ülkeye dönüş yapan ve öksürük, nefes darlığı ve yüksek ateş şikayetleri olan kişilerin Sağlık Bakanlığı’na başvurmaları ( 0533 8501188 veya 0548 8501188; KKTC Sağlık Bakanlığı salgın ekip hatları) rica olunur.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Due to growing and finally seen in our country, catalkoy municipality has decided to cancelled all the mass events including the 24th March of the old year of old people, which they plan to take place. In this case, we ask all our citizens to follow the advice of experts to take the necessary measures to protect from the virus.

People who have returned to the country in the last 15 days and have cough, breath loss and high fire complaints are asked to apply to the ministry of health (0533 8501188 or 0548 8501188; the Turkish Ministry of health (0533 8501188 or 0548 8501188; the Turkish Ministry of health) is asked.