Paphos Life

Only one of the 13 cases of Covid-19 that were recently announced in the area of Polis Chrysochous is a new case, according to the local mayor, who called the latest figures misleading.

Following an apparent surge in coronavirus cases, free Covid-19 testing for 300 residents of Polis Chrysochous got underway at the municipality.

Meanwhile 13 positive cases had already recently been identified from a total of 300 tests carried out by the state.

The figure is misleading as most had already tested positive before, Giotis Papachristofi told the Cyprus Mail.

“Six were already confirmed from the football team and another six were students under 17 years old. None of them were supposed to come to the municipality for testing, they should have all stayed at home as they had already tested positive before,” he informed the Cyprus Mail.

The tests were arranged by the health ministry in collaboration with medical laboratory NIPD Genetics.

The municipality Facebook page stated that, only one person from each household was eligible for the examination and those under restriction or quarantine were not eligible to participate in the programme.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/11/02/numb ... isleading/

Excellent news!

However, concerned that 12 of the people who turned up for the free Municipality test had already tested positive on a previous occasion.
Why weren't they self-isolating / in quarantine?
None of them were supposed to have the test as they had already tested positive previously.
Is it an age thing to ignore the protocol - as they were either members of the football team or students under 17 years old - but surely their parents should have known better?