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Fully-vaccinated Britons returning from medium-risk amber list countries will no longer have to quarantine when they arrive home from July 19, transport secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday. The rule change ...

Hospitality venues on Thursday gave mixed reactions to tougher measures announced by the government in a bid to contain a surge in new coronavirus cases. President of the Pancyprian association ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak said the government was looking at changes to its COVID-19 app due to frustration among the public about the continued need for 10 days of self-isolation ...

The unvaccinated and the young are at higher risk of infection from the Delta variant, the health ministry said on Thursday in a new call to people to get vaccinated ...

Four business owners were among the 65 people who were fined for breaching coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours, police said on Thursday. The violations resulted from 3,326 checks across the island, ...

The Turkish Cypriot leadership is not thinking of closing the crossing points despite the surge in coronavirus cases in the south of the island, but they are contemplating limiting the ...

The health ministry on Wednesday said there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but that a record 952 people tested positive from 44,045 tests, a positivity rate of 2.16 per cent. There ...

Test locations for Thursday District Testing Locations Hours Limassol (19 points) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. TEPAK, Tassos Papadopoulos building, Ayia Zoni 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. – ...

The highly contagious Delta variant now represents around 40% of new COVID-19 infections in France, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday, and could jeopardise the summer if a fourth wave ...

The eurozone economy will grow faster than previously thought both this year and next, the European Commission said on Wednesday, despite emerging concerns the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) revealed on Wednesday that, by the end of this week, mobile vaccination units would be deployed at over 80 hotels in Cyprus to vaccinate staff. According ...

The government on Wednesday placed restrictions in hospitality venues and other places where people gathered in large numbers in a bid to stem the spread of Covid infections, which have ...

Fully vaccinated travellers arriving from countries on Britain’s Amber list are set to avoid quarantine from as early as July 19, British media reported on Tuesday, as airlines prepared to ...

A narrow majority of Germans are in favour of lifting all Covid-19 measures for fully vaccinated people by September, according to a YouGov survey published on Tuesday. German Foreign Minister ...

People who have been fully vaccinated and children will from Aug. 16 no longer have to self-isolate after close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, health minister Sajid Javid ...

The health ministry announced a total of 66 rapid test sites that will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

Cases could shoot up to a thousand if we are not careful, member of the advisory committee on coronavirus Dr Petros Karayiannis said on Tuesday in response to the previous ...

The world can no longer think only about COVID-19 and ignore the other critical health issues, economic problems, and education challenges that have build up during the pandemic, Britain’s ...

Police fined 35 people, including a business owner after 2,392 checks for coronavirus measures violations between 6am on Monday and 6am on Tuesday. The majority of checks were carried out in Nicosia, ...

The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus has dropped to just 64 per cent in Israel, the country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement on Monday. The ...

Germany‘s public health institute said late Monday the United Kingdom, India, Portugal and Russia were no longer “areas of variant concern”, reducing travel restrictions for people arriving from those ...

Nicosia-based student accommodation UC Halls has announced it will only accept fully vaccinated residents in its studios opposite the University of Cyprus, citing the epidemiological situation. The decision was met ...

Hoteliers sounded the alarm on Monday over booking cancellations already underway, warning that unless something “drastic” happens, it could be curtains on the entire 2021 tourist season. Speaking to Stockwatch, Marios ...

One death and a surge in the number of new coronavirus cases to 787 were announced on Monday. The new cases were reported from 43,678 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate ...