Paphos Life

Many thanks everyone , have got my doctor’s certificate ( T.O.M. 153E) signed and yes she warned me about blood pressure fluctuations not behind the bike sheds but on the backseat of a vehicle , now those were the days, steamy windows ! I’ve also got a years supply of electricity bills, my passport,...

My Cyprus driver’s licence needs renewing and whilst I’ve avidly read the various posts and would like to use the citizens Advice Bureau, how do I make an appointment please ?

Profiteering from rapid tests , Cyprus , surely not ? https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/23/coronavirus-criticism-grows-after-issues-with-rapid-tests/ However if they are done too quickly or without care there is no doubt they are more or less a waste of time and therefore become yet another useless st...

According to the ECDC and hence the President’s address the other night : “ the cumulative numbers this week for the whole Cyprus is 529 cases per 100,000 of population , which according to ECDC is borderline for deep red. It is reminded that on 26 February it was 168.7/100,000, on 5 March 263.5/100...

My understanding from the Coffee House column in the Cyprus Mail which I find essential reading to get a feel for Cyprus and is always amusing too, is that Limassol is Pres. Nicks home town and where most of his votes are generated. So he tells the police to lay off annoying them . My friends in Lim...

Unfortunately it’s the way governments measure Covid numbers and make decisions including the government here . Therefore the amount of testing is irrelevant to such decisions . So however correct your theory might be, you you will still be in isolation on a return to the UK if these numbers stay as...

Much speculation in the U.K. press about whether foreign holidays will be allowed or indeed whether people from the EU should be allowed into the U.K. this summer . This from The Independent “ Cyprus with 244 new cases per 100,000 people over the past week, the island has four times the rate in the ...

Most around me are surprised this is going ahead as they felt sure it would be delayed with cases and hospital admissions rising day by day. They now fear even if it goes ahead it will be short lived especially in the Limassol District . Will be interested to see the new menu prices too. I’m surpris...

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/01/coronavirus-violations-delay-return-to-normality-minister-says/ Maybe he should look at his vaccine sites first . Let me say my experience was I Limassol on on a Saturday .Friends who went during the week didn’t experience what I did at the Sports Arena site. I arr...

With the steep rise in numbers infected , 272 cases today, you have to think Limassol has the Kent mutation which is far more contagious or the rumours are true of Israelis flying in and sailing in on motor boats to party in Limassol with no checks required as well as wealthy Limassolians buying mar...

The cumulative impact across Cyprus is still above the safe limit set by the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), at 164.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, a slight decrease compared to the previous fortnight,” he said. The minister pointed out, however, that the situation in Limassol ...

What a morning , such excitement and frustration . I found the login site www.login.Gesy.org.cy and from 8 a.m. when I started practising for the 9 o’clock kick off, i found that once i had put in my user name and password it went to an error message so lot’s were obviously practising too. 9 o clock...

Thanks Trev, I guess that’s my I.D. Number . There seems to be considerable confusion as I’ve also been told GESY will SMS me with an appointment if I’ve registered with them but most seem to go through their doctor in fact several friends heard from their Doctor today that their names were going fo...

How do you register please ? all the info I can find is to register on the online portal but I cant find the portal. I’m a Gesy member but can’t raise my Doctor to help .

Watched it all unfold as I was walking nearby. There have been many such parties during this lockdown on Paramali Beach so it was good to finally see the SBA police take some action. Odd that none of the police had face masks on . They seemed to be chatting to the guilty parties quite happily I did ...

Yup good news , could I just ask again please who is next after this group does anyone know ?

This sounds a torturous system but can I ask who after the over 75s is the next to be done . Sometime ago it was the over 70s but I’m sure I read somewhere that that group had now been added to the rest of the public group so we’re going to be competing with everyone else ? Whilst I certainly dismis...

7,200 doses of AstraZeneca arrived on Monday and Cyprus “ expects” or hopes for another 69000 jabs on March 1st but this is part of the disputed order that has caused all the fuss. There is also confusion about the numbers vaccinated here . This from CNA yesterday ‘Regarding Cyprus, Dr Petrou said t...

Speculation in the local press last week that the resignation of one of the government’s top scientific advisors for “ workload” issues was in fact the reopening of malls . I have to say it is weird idea that with all the scientific data that has been gathered in the last year showing being inside b...

Just over 1000 jabs arrived today so won’t be long just a few years to go !!! Today’s headline is E.U. Locks horns with AstraZeneca over delivery issues even though they are yet to authorise it . Maybe the President of the E.U. Knows something we don’t . Decision due on Friday so let’s hold our brea...