Paphos Life

A night-time curfew is being imposed in the Limassol and Paphos districts after 11 pm, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday after a cabinet meeting.

Read the article and chat about it below...

Just read it in newspaper. This is going to push a lot of people over the edge, in many ways.

Curfew - but 11pm until when???

Until five am apparently.

No doubt a more detailed decree and clarifications will come out soon, but do we think walking the dog counts as exercise, or if the exemption against the wearing of masks that was included in last weeks mask decree, will be overturned?

Ian

Updated info out now. I don't know how to link but in Cyprus mail.

Are you allowed to wear clear face screens.?

And how far does 'Paphos District' reach out to.. For instance is it all this end of the island inlcuding Polis ?

trevnhil wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:44 pm And how far does 'Paphos District' reach out to.. For instance is it all this end of the island inlcuding Polis ?

I would imagine anywhere with a Paphos post code

No, there are 6 districts in ROC. Paphos District includes Polis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Cyprus

If you fancy a party , pretend to get married. You can then invite 350 people anywhere...

Reesy,
That just about sums it up, seems ridiculous to allow 350 people to meet if they are really trying to reduce the no of cases of the virus........

Dee

Kili01 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:12 am Reesy,
That just about sums it up, seems ridiculous to allow 350 people to meet if they are really trying to reduce the no of cases of the virus........

Dee

Dee, have you seen the wedding venues? Without a problem they can have about 2000 people for a sitting dinner. So 350 is nothing !

LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:21 am

Kili01 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:12 am Reesy,
That just about sums it up, seems ridiculous to allow 350 people to meet if they are really trying to reduce the no of cases of the virus........

Dee

Dee, have you seen the wedding venues? Without a problem they can have about 2000 people for a sitting dinner. So 350 is nothing !

Correct we went to a wedding that had 3000

Do you have to wear a mask when driving a vehicle? Was out with the dog earlier and 90% were not wearing and 10% were.

Alan

emgee wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:32 am Do you have to wear a mask when driving a vehicle? Was out with the dog earlier and 90% were not wearing and 10% were.

Alan

Not in a private car with your own family. This was in the Cyprus Times (Greek text) yesterday.

Personally I think who ever thought of this is an Idiot, but we have two options,
ignore and dont wear a mask outside and risk a three hundred euro fine, or comply and avoid the fine.

These rules are being made up just to control people. For 8months we have all been walking about outside without a mask with no real increase in the infection rate until now. So will there be any difference in the infection rate now? If they are really that worried about infection rate rising, why are they still letting flights in from countries that have a higher infection rate than Cyprus ( UK ). Who will want to come on holiday to Cyprus now anyway if you have to wear a mask sunbathing on the beach.

... 'studies suggest that many people who have coronavirus are asymptomatic, meaning they show no symptoms. You may have the disease and unknowingly spread it to others, including those with underlying conditions who have a higher coronavirus risk and are more vulnerable to severe illness. Asymptomatic carriers can increase the disease's spread if they aren't taking proper precautions, including wearing a mask, washing their hands frequently and social distancing'.

Happy to wear a mask - for all I know I may be one of the many asymptomatic people who have Covid-19 - as well as being strict about hand hygiene and in particular social distancing. People need to think of the effect their behaviour is having on others.

One major advantage of people wearing face masks is that it has reduced the number of people coughing and sneezing all over the place - surely a plus as winter approaches.

So who is correct?
To mask or not to mask?
From - https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/10/23/our- ... IaBZA4AHGM

The new measures for dealing with the spike in coronavirus infections that were announced by the health minister on Thursday do not stand up to rational scrutiny. It would appear the government was motivated more by a concern to be seen to be doing something and, perhaps, to emphasise the gravity of the situation to an increasingly sceptical public, than by any belief these measures would restrict the spread of the virus. In this, it is copying other countries.

Does anyone seriously believe that the mandatory wearing of a mask outdoors will make the slightest bit of difference? On the contrary it could cause other illnesses by depriving people of one of the main factors for good health – fresh air. It is beyond absurd to force someone walking outdoors on their own to wear a mask. Whom does the mask-wearing protect in such a case? Nobody, so why are we obliged to wear it and deprive ourselves of fresh air?

Why should anyone going for a walk in the open have to wear a mask, when up to 150 people can sit in an outdoor restaurant without a mask on and come into contact with dozens of others diners without mask ‘protection’? Does this make any sense? We will not mention that there can be 350 guests for a wedding party dinner, in a closed space, with nobody obliged to wear a mask, while a person walking in the street would have to wear a mask.

Health Minister, Constantinos Ioannou, said the masks will be obligatory everywhere except if people were exercising. Would a walk to the periptero or the bakery qualify as exercise, or would one have to wear training gear to be exempted from wearing a mask while walking? The government has probably not thought this through as the primary concern seems to be to frighten people into submission rather than protect them.

Perhaps the ultimate objective is to make people comply with the existing measures – social distancing, mandatory wearing of mask indoors, protection of the elderly through the regulation of shopping hours – which they may not be doing. There is a danger however, given the complete absurdity of wearing a mask outdoors, that people might feel they should not take any of the government measures seriously, not even the sensible ones. Not only that, outdoor mask-wearing could be a step too far in government repression which people could turn against, ignoring effective measures, such as social distancing.

We hope the government will accept that it has made a mistake about the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and scrap it as it has done in the case of other misguided coronavirus measures it had announced in the past. We do not need a measure to give the impression that something is being done about the spike in infections, when it is obvious it will achieve nothing other than make life difficult for people.