Cyprus Mail 11 December 2021 - by Gina Agapiou
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| The Eden centre in Tersefanou |
People with coronavirus suspected of having been infected with the Omicron variant will be transferred to mandatory state quarantine, where three high-school students are already isolating, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, health ministry spokesman Constantinos Athanasiou said the three teenagers with coronavirus who were confirmed as having the Omicron variant were taken to the Eden rehabilitation centre in Tersefanou.
The students belonged to a cluster of cases traced at a Limassol-based technical school following a school trip to Glasgow the previous week.
Meanwhile another two Omicron cases were traced on Saturday during PCR testing of another 500 students, teachers and other residents.
A total of 300 students had undergone a PCR test as of 1pm, while the rest of their close contacts were expected to be tested by 3pm, Athanasiou said.
Earlier this week, 90 pupils and teachers from the specific school were self-isolating after 16 tested positive last week following the school trip. The school nevertheless was working as normal, officials had said.
“Positive cases who may be possible Omicron cases will be transferred to a mandatory state quarantine. He [or she] will be obliged,” Athanasiou said, adding the issue of state quarantine will be discussed in the next cabinet meeting.
The health ministry official added that possible amendments might be announced concerning the entry ban on the unvaccinated in certain key sectors as of December 15.
According to the new restrictions, only adults and children aged 12 and older who have received at least one dose of the vaccine will be allowed entry in stadiums, theatres, cinemas, restaurants, cafés, bars and nightclubs starting December 15.
