In today’s episode, a Turkish ‘spy plane’ on Thursday flew over a section of the island’s offshore Block 6 where a drillship is currently prospecting for natural gas. In other news, the statistical office (CYSTAT) revealed over 17 per cent of the population in Cyprus, or 154,000 people, was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2021, and a draft road map for how Covid-19 will be dealt with in the coming months will be discussed by the Health Minister and the scientific advisory team this morning.

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