#coronavirus

No deaths from coronavirus were announced on Saturday as the health ministry announced 583 new cases. These were the result of 48,358 PCR and rapid tests, giving a positivity rate of 1.21 per ...

For Sunday,4 July ministry of health testing units will be at the following locations: District Testing location Hours Limassol (21 points) Grigori Axentiou Square, Limassol 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. TEPAK, ...

Tourism industry professionals were left reeling on Saturday after Cyprus was placed in the Red category by the European Centre of Disease Control (ECDC) because of a surge in coronavirus ...

Free rapid tests will be abolished by August 1, the Council of Ministers decided on Friday, also presenting a range of incentives in a bid to boost vaccine take-up, particularly among ...

The health ministry announced 529 cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday. There are 54 coronavirus patients in hospitals, of whom 20 are in serious condition. Of the 20 patients, seven are intubated, ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 73 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) on Friday called on its members to urge staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19, adding that more than 50 per cent of hotel employees remain unvaccinated. ...

Giving the names of contacts to the health ministry’s coronavirus track and trace team does not violate personal data protection laws, commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Friday. The ...

The average age of new coronavirus cases is 23, the health ministry said, as a spike in infections has pushed Cyprus back into the red category of the European Centre for ...

Australia will halve the number of arrivals from overseas as its coronavirus hotel quarantine system creaks under pressure from outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...

Authorities on Thursday announced no new deaths and 473 new positives to the coronavirus, for a positivity rate of 1.26 per cent. The number of deaths attributable to Covid-19 remains at 378. On ...

If you think you have COVID-19, it might be best to stay away from your pets, says the author of a Dutch study that found a surprising number of dogs ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced it will be giving minors aged 16 to 17 who are not registered with Gesy the chance to book a vaccination appointment. The decision to vaccinate ...

If coronavirus cases continue to rise in the government-controlled areas, there could be interruption of crossings between the two sides, Turkish Cypriot authorities said on Thursday. According to media reports ...

The health ministry announced a total of 62 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Bank of Cyprus (BoC) staff who have not received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine will have to test twice a week from Monday, as the lender seeks ...

A 10-week decline in new coronavirus infections across Europe has come to an end and a new wave of infections is inevitable if citizens and lawmakers do not remain disciplined, ...

Paphos continues to rank first among all districts as regards vaccination coverage the health ministry said on Thursday. The target for 65 per cent of the population to have received a ...

Health clinics in Moscow will begin offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 today Thursday, the city’s mayor said, as Russian officials scramble to contain a surge in cases blamed ...

Cypriot citizens and permanent residents abroad have contacted the Cyprus Mail asking how they can obtain the EU’s Digital Covid Certificate, which officially launched on July 1. The answer is: ...

The island is at a “critical juncture” regarding the pandemic, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday, while anticipating that hospitalisations will increase further following a surge in cases ...

The health ministry announced 429 new positive cases of coronavirus on Wednesday out of 36,239 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.18 per cent. No deaths were announced. There are 54 people ...

Giving conscripts who get vaccinated extra leave is among the proposed incentives to boost the vaccination coverage of the population, sources said on Wednesday. The ministerial committee on Covid-19 that ...

Coronavirus cases in Portugal jumped by 2,362 in the past 24 hours, the biggest increase since mid-February, official data showed on Wednesday, as authorities continued to scramble to stop the spread of ...