Cyprus Mail 6 July 2022 - by Nick Theodoulou
Masking indoors will return from July 8 for those aged 12 and above, while Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said that further details will be announced shortly.
The announcement came following Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, with the minister speaking to reporters afterwards. He cited an increase in Covid cases and said that there were incidents of symptomatic persons circulating in indoor areas without wearing a mask.
The indoor mask mandate was scrapped a little over a month ago, but the minister on Wednesday cited the increasing number of recorded infections as necessitating its return.
Last Friday, the ministry announced that 10,879 infections were recorded in the past week – along with three deaths attributed to Covid.
As of the latest report, there were 75 patients with the virus in state hospitals, four of whom are in serious condition.
