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The virus was imported to the North via German tourists. Spread via coach driver's.
Then TC citizens running away from the virus arrived, spreading the virus due to lack of adequate enforced quarantine .
Next week there are two plane loads of repatriated TC citizens coming again.
1, Will they be tested before getting on the plane? NO
2, Will they be tested landing in Turkey ? NO.
3, Will they be tested on arrival at Ercan? NO.
Why don't we all stick our fingers in our ears and go tinga linga loo, oh just realised WE ARE!!!

The TRNC seems to be getting its act together with shutdowns and curfews etc but in my opinion all countries should not repatriate citizens. And for the selfish idiots who went on holiday during this crisis and those who flout the rules theyshould not receive treatment if they fall ill.

You might as well say the same thing about all the morons I've just seen on BBC wandering on seafronts, in parks, on beaches both young and old. And what did Mr Gove say "to stay at home is not a request any longer, it is an instructions" If it wasn't so sad it would be a joke. I've told my lot at home, if I ever find out any of them wandered outside, they are off the Will and I meant it, (that excuses the Nurse and the Army chappy) !!

Sophie, I certainly include all those who are wandering about. For them to catch it I have no sympathy it's when they infect others that makes their actions selfish and unforgivable!

Should these passengers from the UK not be put in quarantine. There are enough empty Schools, Hotels Universities where they can be put for 14 days,

This is what happened in the UK when the first planes from Asia came back to the UK.

Just one person on any of those planes who was infected, by the time it gets back to Ercan so many on the aircraft will have the Virus.

All persons coming to TRNC are put into compulsory 14 quarantine. Tests are not carried out at airports. people are loaded on to coaches and taken to hotels. Riverside, Palm Beach Colony and Malpas are currently being used. The tests are carried out after the 14 day period and thats where some of the positive cases have been identified, including 3 today and those infected are taken to hospital until clear of virus.

See here - at the bottom

Just so that you know

So again, being reactive instead of proactive.
There is no reason why the passengers cannot be tested before getting on the plane except for they may test positive and be refused travel.
Why put the rest of the population at risk?

Why start this sort of stuff? Like Keith quite rightly posts it has already been stated that anyone coming into the TRNC will go into quarantine for 14 days. How do you know what testing is done at any of the places you mention? Do you have actual knowledge or are you just saying what you have been told by someone or is it something you have made your own mind up about?

When we arrived into Istanbul and Ercan some weeks ago before the situation worsened they were using thermal image cameras to check if anyone had a temperature.

This Government here appears to be taking it very seriously and of course they are reacting as things change. They have been proactive but sadly many people seem to think they know better and continue to go about their daily life as normal. Many have been arrested for breaking the curfew so it shows it is being taken seriously.

I cannot see how this thread assists anyone unless of course you have verifiable information that shows how the Authoroites are doing it all wrong. That being the case maybe instead of posting in here you could contact them.

Many families are separated at the moment and the TRNC are doing what they can to let their citizens back into the Country to be with their families after they have been quarantined. Sensible action. They are not letting them just get off the plane walk out of the Airport and disappear into who knows where and chance to infect others unlike the UK I have to say.

"...tested before getting on the plane..." - how long before? What is the minimum time between test and availabilty of result, leading to what do you do with/where do you put those people during that time?

Not forgetting the test would be like the MOT on your car it just shows it was OK at that time on that day. Quarantine is the answer and they are doing that. I don't think anything else can be reasonably expected.

Chriswright03 wrote: ↑

Sun 05 Apr 2020 12:04 pm

Not forgetting the test would be like the MOT on your car it just shows it was OK at that time on that day. Quarantine is the answer and they are doing that. I don't think anything else can be reasonably expected.

That's another problem, they were not quarantined for two weeks. The people at the riverside holiday village in alsancak for isolation were strolling around the village !
I know of a person who was told to go home and self quarantine for two weeks but was never checked on during that period. (LAPTA) FACT

All people coming into the TRNC now are not self quarantining you are quire right. They are being put into enforced quarantine. You mention Alsancak and this is why the three villages are now isolated with checks on people entering and leaving.

If you read what I posted again you will see I did not mention the word'self'.

Alsancak was supposed to be enforced but they forget to enforce it.

Last week’s incomers are quarantined in the Dome Hotel

Last week’s incomers are quarantined in the Dome Hotel

Have they actually stated where the source of the Lapta, Karsiyaka and then Alsancak came from?

For a long time cases seemed to be related to the german party and the 2 Cypriots who returned back from the Uk.
now on day 22 of the first lock down, day 13 of the reviewed lock down, cases seem to be increasing daily

today it says 91 cases with a further
Three new cases of coronavirus have been detected among students who have been kept in quarantine in Alsancak and Famagusta.

snd1966 wrote: ↑

Sun 05 Apr 2020 2:14 pm

Have they actually stated where the source of the Lapta, Karsiyaka and then Alsancak came from?





today it says 91 cases with a further
Three new cases of coronavirus have been detected among students who have been kept in quarantine in Alsancak and Famagusta.

they are trying to find all the contacts of the 'quarantined' in alsancak but some won't name who they have been in contact with.

I'm thinking would it not be better to quarantine all of these people in 1 place in famagusta where the original outbreaks where detected rather than seperate towns/villages. Take all virus sufferers to 1 designated hotel hospital. The numbers are still low enough.

Once you have opened Pandora's box!

Lapta next,Celebrity?

It appears that the good intentions of the government are not enforced, but we shouldn’t be surprised as no preventative maintenance is carried out on equipment of utilities, only when things break down.

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Sun 05 Apr 2020 6:37 am

The virus was imported to the North via German tourists. Spread via coach driver's.
Then TC citizens running away from the virus arrived, spreading the virus due to lack of adequate enforced quarantine .
Next week there are two plane loads of repatriated TC citizens coming again.
1, Will they be tested before getting on the plane? NO
2, Will they be tested landing NO

Reported that an 83 year old woman landed on Wednesday night and went straight home, no quarantine.

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Fri 10 Apr 2020 1:48 pm

Reported that an 83 year old woman landed on Wednesday night and went straight home, no quarantine.

http://www.yeniduzen.com/olay-sir-gibi- ... 25911h.htm

Google Translation

“The event is hidden like a secret”Mehmetçik Mayor Cemil Sarıçizmeli stated that an 83-year-old woman from London on the night of April 8 was sent to her home in Kumyalı without being quarantined and that she could not get any information about it.Kaynak:

Mehmetçik Mayor Cemil Sarıçizmeli stated that an 83-year-old woman from London on the night of April 8 was sent to her home in Kumyalı without being quarantined and that she could not get any information about it.Saying that “All the measures we have taken for a month may be wasted,” Saricismeli pointed out the safety measures and noted that he could not reach the Ministry of Health.Sarıçizmeli, who called for the local people to stay 'at home', stated the following in his social media sharing: “An 83-year-old woman sent directly from her London-connected plane home on the night of April 8. Now in Kumyalı. I don't know what the reason is. I learn the subject from several people in the morning and confirm. Nobody gives us information as a municipality. The event is kept secret. Maybe safety measures were supposed to be taken. He's not there now. All the measures we have taken for a month can be wasted. We have no contact with the Ministry of Health. Nobody gives us information. We can not reach. We are playing a game similar to Russian roulette. Please take care of the region. Please stay at home, please ...

Sadly the rules appear to only apply to certain people and this is why this lockdown will continue. My understanding is that we are allowed to go to shop for essential food and items after which we return home.
Yet where I live people are visiting our neighbours to sit and drink tea, the other night one of the neighbours had a BBQ with several friends attending, which considering the home owner is a policeman makes me wonder how seriously the restrictions are being taken. This sort of disregard for the rules just makes a mockery of what the Government are trying to achieve and will keep us locked down for a long time yet.

Am I missing something or has the lockdown been lifted? The traffic on the main road from catalkoy to girne has been constant today!!!!

Three new cases today all came from abroad, including one passenger who arrived from the UK two days ago, and two others who had also come from abroad.
And another flight is arriving this evening with about 119 on board.
What’s going on? I thought that all flights had been stopped.

Brazen, at least 3000 UK citizens who have been stranded in India will be returning early next week on a series of charter flights for which they are required to pay a capped proportion of the fare. Most countries are trying to bring their citizens back home. If, when UK is past its peek and on the safer downward path, they are then allowed back in it would be far more dangerous for the UK.

Click on here, and you can see just how many flights are currently, in "realtime" up in the air - all around the world. Click on an individual aircraft icon, and it will display (usually) what company, type of aircraft, origin/destination and more information...
Oh, and if/when things get back to normal (in several months), have a look again - and consider the difference....

Don’t need to many funerals of 100 locals all attending with hugs and kisses. When a foreigner dies only about 5 allowed, nothing changes in the trnc one rule for one.

solic200 wrote: ↑

Fri 10 Apr 2020 11:24 pm

Don’t need to many funerals of 100 locals all attending with hugs and kisses. When a foreigner dies only about 5 allowed, nothing changes in the trnc one rule for one.

You must be on about the two funerals one in Lapta, the other in Karsyaka.
One attended by UK ex pat s 5 max,
the other by the whole family and friends.
Family loss can not be defined to anyone, my condolences to both.
Unfortunately there is a price to pay, I do hope that doesn't get collected.

Two of the new cases are employed by the riverside holiday village in alsancak
This is where the students from U.K. were strolling around the village.

It appears that there are things that the authorities have little or no control over (rightly or wrongly). Its just the way it is.

Didn't you know? This is a virus that only other people can get!

First epidemic,
Second pandemic
Third endemic.

When it becomes No. 3 then there's a chance many of us will get it. Just like measles or mumps or whatever a few years back. When that stage comes, we will have to add one more jab to those we already have sometime or another during our lives.