In today’s episode, the Molnupiravir anti-Covid pill became available yesterday and will protect high risk patients from severe Covid-19 disease. In other Covid-related news, the health minister said yesterday that the ‘test to stay’ policy will be applied in schools for students who are close contacts. Meanwhile, mixed signals came from the government yesterday over the mooted EastMed natural gas pipeline, with President Nicos Anastasiades censuring those prematurely heralding the project’s demise, while his foreign minister stated that he always regarded the project as politically problematic.
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