Constantinos Tsioutis, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Infection Prevention and Control at the European University Cyprus, suggests that people form “social bubbles” with a small group of contacts, in order to contain the transmission of coronavirus and help authorities trace contacts easier.
 
Speaking to CNA, Dr. Tsioutis, who is also a member of the scientific team of the Ministry of Health, said the idea is for people to create a group of contacts for their inevitable daily interactions and try not to extent their contacts beyond this group for a certain period of time.
 
“If a large percentage of the population proceeds to create this social group, then the transmission of the virus is contained, and contact-tracing becomes much easier,” he underlined.
 
This “social bubble” may include members of the family, people living and working together and other persons with whom one might have frequent contacts.
 
It was proposed to limit this circle to ten or fewer people in some countries, he went on.
  
Tsioutis observed that despite the implementation of additional measures in Cyprus, there has been no limit in social interactions one might have.
 
This model could work in Cyprus since there is no great exposure in indoor spaces due to the island’s characteristics, he concluded.