Coronavirus: Cypriots take to balconies and windows to applaud healthcare workers

The sound of applause could be heard through the streets of Cypriot cities on Friday night for healthcare workers batting the spread of coronavirus.

People went onto their balconies and doorsteps, stood at their windows and clapped loudly to show their appreciation for healthcare workers fighting the pandemic..

The number of cases in the government-controlled areas rose to 162 on Friday, and another two deaths were recorded, raising that total to five.

A video taken by the Cyprus News Agency shows people out on their balconies clapping.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.