Health

By Jean Christou The budget of the Cyprus Addiction Treatment Authority has been increased by €600,000 for 2024 MPs heard on Thursday. However, some raised concerns that several addiction prevention programmes had ...

By far the most painfully awkward ministry handover on Wednesday was that of the health portfolio, where the tension between outgoing minister Popi Kanari and permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki was ...

The Third Age Observatory said on Wednesday that they are “very disappointed” the first solely geriatric clinic in Cyprus is being forced to close its doors. According to a statement ...

Cyprus’ only geriatric clinic has shut its doors to elderly patients citing financial woes, amid an ongoing dispute with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) it emerged on Tuesday. The management ...

The Cyprus pharmaceutical association (CPA) said on Saturday it “welcomes” the reintroduction of mandatory testing for Covid-19 to enter certain spaces. Health Minister Popi Kanari had said on Friday that “...

Compulsory testing for Covid-19 within 48 hours of visits to a plethora of locations has been reintroduced by the government, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Friday. Kanari was speaking during ...

Cyprus’ largest and most comprehensive calisthenics park has been installed at Larnaca’s  Kastella Beach, it emerged on Friday. The park in a joint project between the city’s municipality ...

Access to nursing homes, hospitals and similar premises will be allowed to visitors only if they’ve tested negative for Covid-19, the cabinet formally decided on Thursday. The announced measures ...

After weeks of an ongoing spat, the finance ministry approved on Thursday 29 positions out of the 56 the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) requested for its budget for the year. HIO chairman ...

The legally-enforced wearing of masks in some closed spaces may be reintroduced in Cyprus, as Covid-19 cases continue to rise, sources said on Wednesday. According to sources close to the ...

There has been an increase in people with Covid-19 being hospitalised in Cyprus in recent days, according to state health services organisation (Okypy) press officer Charalambos Charilaou. Charilaou was speaking ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Friday stressed “the protective efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine”, adding that the symptoms for vaccinated individuals who contract the coronavirus are significantly milder. Following her ...

The installation of the photovoltaic park at the Nicosia General Hospital will complete its first phase on January 7, with the second phase expected to conclude sometime in March. Upon completion, ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos categorically denied on Friday the complaints made by the patient’s association regarding the potential misuse of Gesy’s funds earmarked for healthcare, while the health ...

The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) aired its concerns on Thursday over Gesy’s funds, expressing fears that the money earmarked for healthcare was at risk of being meddled ...

Sixty people, mostly elderly, are being treated in public hospitals for Covid-19 at the moment, while there is a constant flow of patients with infections, state health services organisation (Okypy) ...

The paediatric ward at Makarios  Hospital is 90 per cent full with children suffering with respiratory infections, the department chief Dr Avraam Elias said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

Cyprus midwives recently received much-deserved recognition by Unesco Midwives in Cyprus are heralding the inclusion of their work on Unesco’s list of intangible culture heritage, saying it can serve ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos hinted on Friday he would not be greenlighting the Health Insurance Organisation’s (HIO) request for 50 new job openings, saying the focus should be on improving ...

The health services requested the immediate recall and withdrawal of a specific batch of packed dried figs, with the trade name Snackin’ Good Serano on Friday. The figs, which are ...

The final collective labour agreement for public hospital employees will be formulated at the end of January to put an end to an ongoing spat between unions and state health ...

The health ministry has announced the rollout on Thursday of the new Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for those aged 18 and over. The new vaccine, Nuvaxovid BBB.1.5, is a protein-based vaccine, unlike ...

Despite a steady increase in recent years, Cyprus still spends less on health in total than other EU countries – both as current expenditure per capita and as a share of ...

Life expectancy in Cyprus has fallen from 82.4 years in 2020 to 81.7 years in 2022 after dropping to a low of 81.3 years in 2021, according to an EU health report. Despite the drop, life ...