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China is planning to keep its pandemic border restrictions in place for at least another year over worries of emergence of new variants and a calendar of sensitive events, the ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that people who were not vaccinated against COVID-19 or did not have immunity would be unable to work in all workplaces in Russia and that ...

President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with over 1.3 million cases and ...

Saying that we must learn to live with the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday voiced concern over an increase in positivity rates of rapid tests and the ...

Olympic organisers plan to allow the sale of alcohol to Tokyo 2020 spectators, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday, drawing criticism from residents of the capital who face curbs on bars to ...

Gareth Southgate is confused as to how Billy Gilmour’s positive coronavirus test appears to be having a bigger impact on England than Scotland as isolating Mason Mount and Ben ...

Britain is working on easing travel restrictions for the fully vaccinated to allow people to enjoy a summer holiday on Europe’s beaches but the plans are not finalised yet, ...

At the recent G7 summit, US president Joe Biden promised to distribute 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines free to the poorer countries by the middle of next year. That’s ...

The health ministry said on Monday there had been no new Covid deaths as it announced 67 new positives from 21,250 PCR and rapid tests, yielding a positivity rate of 0.32 per cent. ...

Sampling units will be located at the following area on Tuesday Province Sampling points Hours Limassol (19 points) “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 7.30 am-7.30 pm TEPAK Building “Andreas Themistokleous”, Ayia Zoni (Limassol ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that travellers would face hassle and delays this year if they sought to go abroad because the priority would be keeping the ...

The health ministry on Monday issued new country guidelines for travel, moving some countries from orange to green and others from red to orange. The changes come into effect from ...

Britain is piloting a plan to ditch the self-isolation requirement for people who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine if they are exposed to someone with the virus, health ...

Seemingly lost for an explanation of why vaccine uptake is so low in Russia when coronavirus infections are soaring and vaccines are readily available, the Kremlin resorted on Friday to ...

Britain recorded 9,284 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday and six new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test. Although lower than recent days, the number of new cases reflects ...

The health ministry said there had been no new deaths from Covid on Sunday and announced that 61 people had tested positive from 30,610 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.2 ...

Screenings will be carried out at 53 sites islandwide on Monday at the following locations: Province Sampling points Hours Limassol (14 points) “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 9 a.m.-7.30 p.m. TEPAK ...

The health ministry’s advertising campaign has become more optimistic in recent weeks The health ministry’s recent ad campaign encouraging people to get vaccinated has been hailed as a ...

The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE , the head of the government’s COVID-19 vaccine ...

The health ministry said there had been no new deaths from Covid on Saturday and announced that 62 people had tested positive from 41,226 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.15 ...

Health officials on Saturday urged young people yet again to get vaccinated to keep the Delta variant at bay and avoid a new outbreak similar to the one caused by ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 58 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Sunday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

No deaths from Covid were announced on Friday, as 76 new infections were recorded following 41,891 tests, a positivity rate of 0.18 per cent. According to the health ministry, 45 people were being treated ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 76 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...