President among first to get vaccinated against COVID-19

The President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiades, will be among the first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cyprus, in order to encourage the citizens to also take the vaccine, Government Spokesman Kyriakos Kousios told CNA.

The President, he said replying to a question, “will do what many other leaders have done”.

He clarified that the President of the Republic will be among the first citizens to take the vaccine, in order to give a positive message for all citizens to get vaccinated and ensure their health and so as to show that vaccines are safe.

In a written statement on Friday, Koushos noted that the President will be vaccinated immediately after the arrival of the vaccines in Cyprus, in the framework of the first stage of vaccinations, as provided by the vaccination programme of the Ministry of Health.

Cyprus’ Minister of Health Constantinos Ioannou has announced that vaccinations in Cyprus will begin on December 27, along with the rest of the EU countries.

Two special refrigerators where Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines will be stored, arrived in Cyprus on Saturday, as these mRNA vaccines require storage at -75 degrees Celsius.

Based on the national vaccination plan for Covid-19, the total amount of Pfizer vaccines that will be available for Cyprus is 391,637 (divided into 2 doses per person) until the third quarter of 2021, with a quantity of 48,955 to be distributed in the 4th quarter of the current year, which corresponds to 24,477 doses.