Cyprus under Lockdown until End of January

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Cyprus will be under a strict national lockdown starting Sunday, January 10, until the end of the month, Health Minister Konstantinos Ioannou announced Friday afternoon.

The island nation, home to a population of 1.2 million people, recorded a startling 573 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

Alarmingly, a number of cases of the UK variant have also been diagnosed among those who had arrived in Cyprus from the UK.

According to Ioannou, the strict measures are aimed at curbing the possibility of crowding — both at places of work and in homes.

As the...

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Cyprus under Lockdown until End of January

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