Around 8.6 per cent of children between 12 and 15 have received their first Covid jab, the health ministry said on Monday, as fully vaccinated adults in Cyprus surpassed 70 per cent.

According to the ministry, some 70.3 per cent of the adult population have completed their Covid vaccination – 62.4 per cent in the EU — while those with at least one jab reached 76.6 per cent against the EU’s 73 per cent.

The ministry said it aimed to administer at least one dose of the vaccine to 80 per cent of the eligible population by August.

So far, 8.6 per cent of children between 12 and 15 have received their first jab while the respective figure for the 16 to 17 has reached 32 per cent. Just over 22 per cent of the 16 to 17s have received both jabs.