#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 ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Monday to end social and economic COVID-19 restrictions in England in two weeks’ time, a test of whether a rapid vaccine ...

The latest decree of the health minister was published Monday, affording coronavirus vaccinees the entitlement to take the entire day off from work on the day they get the jab, ...

Norway announced the easing of some COVID-19 restrictions on Monday but delayed the final phase of reopening the economy until the end of this month at the earliest because of ...

Thirty-five per cent of the holiday accommodation costs of those who have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine or have recovered from the virus in the last 180 ...

A large number of masks and gloves on sale in Cyprus have been found to be noncompliant with personal protective equipment standards, results of lab tests released on Monday showed. ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for the final step of easing COVID-19 lockdown in England on Monday, including guidance on social distancing, face coverings and working from ...

Cyprus downgraded the United Kingdom to red and upgraded Denmark, Belgium, Monaco, Vatican City and Jordan to the Green category as part of its updated national country assessment for travel ...

A total of 46 people, including one business owner were fined in the last 24 hours for breaking coronavirus protocols, police said. The fines resulted from 3,522 checks nationwide carried out between 6am ...

The health ministry said on Sunday that a woman aged 93 had died from Covid-19 and that 577 people had tested positive from 45,848 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.26 per ...

A total of 59 free rapid test locations will operate on Monday, the health ministry announced as unvaccinated workers must ensure a weekly negative coronavirus test. Employers in businesses, as well ...