TRNC Won’t Abolish PCR Tests For The Asymptomatic
The Supreme Committee on Health is deferring a decision to abolish the requirement for persons testing positive for Covid-19 but showing no symptoms to have a PCR test until the peak of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus has passed, Kibris Postasi reported. Chairman of the Communicable Diseases Supreme Committee Dr Deren Oygar told […]
Weak Lira Leading to Skilled Labour Shortage
North Cyprus is facing a shortage of skilled workers as locals seek work in south Cyprus and foreign workers return home, driven away by the unprecedented devaluation of the Turkish lira, Yeniduzen reported. Sector representatives who say that there is a shortage of ‘skilled personnel’, have warned that the country cannot function like this and […]
Another Death from Covid-19 Announced Today
A 39-year-old man has died from the coronavirus this morning, Yeniduzen reported. Ahmet Korkmaz, 39, who had been in the intensive care unit at the Pandemic Hospital in Nicosia since 19 December last year, had no pre-existing health problems, died today. Yeniduzen reported that he had received two doses of Sinovac, however, he had become […]
