Coronavirus: Police to take action after scores of people in Nicosia church violate measures

29-11-2020 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Hot

Coronavirus: Police to take action after scores...

Images of a mass gathering at a Nicosia church on Sunday showing social distancing measures were not being kept prompted police to head to the scene.

The liturgy from the Filoumenos church in Orounda village, Nicosia was being broadcasted live on the state channel CybC on Sunday morning but the picture quickly prompted the reaction of the public on social media, where people appeared to be a hair’s breadth away from each other with many not wearing a mask.

This prompted the ire of social media users who lambasted the government for lockdown measures, crippling businesses while measures in churches...

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Coronavirus: Police to take action after scores of people in Nicosia church violate measures

Coronavirus: Police to take action after scores of people in Nicosia church violate measures

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