#coronavirus

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of the incentive plan to airlines to address the consequences of the pandemic amounting to €8.8 million for 2021 with the aim of restoring air ...

The five nurses who refused to carry out their duties at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital over a Covid case last year committed a disciplinary offence, but no action will be ...

A total of 20 flights from Russia that were due to land in Cyprus throughout last week have not been able to depart due to the fact that the Russian government ...

By Mary Spyrou As of tomorrow, June 10, curfew will be lifted, and the 50 per cent capacity limit will no longer apply to workers in the wider public sector and to ...

The northern part of the island received an additional 50,000 Sinovac Chinese coronavirus vaccine doses from Turkey. The vaccines were delivered with a special flight, bringing the total number of doses ...

By David Shepardson The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel recommendations for more than 110 countries and territories, including Japan just ahead of the Olympics. ...

One death and 60 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 0.16 per cent. The death is a 66-year-old man. This brings the number of deaths from ...

More than 5,000 people aged 23 to 27 booked an appointment for a Covid vaccine on Tuesday, the health ministry said. In total 5,450 appointments were booked of the 10,250 available. On Wednesday, the vaccination ...

The health ministry announced a total of 70 rapid Covid testing sites will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

A well-known Paphos doctor has died from Covid-19, it emerged on Tuesday. Michalis Markou was being treated at the Nicosia general hospital ICU in critical condition. Despite doctors’ efforts, Markou ...

As the health ministry started issuing temporary vaccination certificates for June travellers on Tuesday, tourist enterprises discussed the much-anticipated EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate, which is set to be implemented on ...

Cyprus police fined three individuals for not abiding with the measures in place to curb the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that 3,457 checks were carried out in ...

A series of countries have begun vaccinating 12-18-year-olds, or plan to shortly, leading many to ask when – or if – Cyprus will follow suit. One of the few rays of ...

Tourism hotspot Spain‘s grand reopening to international travel got off to a slow start on Monday, with newly relaxed entry requirements failing to attract the desired wave of foreign ...

The health ministry announced one death and 80 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. A 70-year-old man passed away at Nicosia general hospital on Monday, bringing the death toll to 364, of ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 65 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

To facilitate travel and as a temporary measure until the European Digital Covid-19 Certificate is implemented, the health ministry said on Monday that it will from June 8 issue Sars-CoV-2 vaccination ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday pushed guidance for doctors not to use the blood thinner heparin to treat rare blood clots and low blood platelets in people who ...

Health ministry permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki stepped in to administer coronavirus vaccines at a Limassol medical centre on Monday morning, saying a nurses’ strike would not distract the ministry from ...

Germany and four other countries were moved from the Red to the Orange category on Monday as the health ministry updated its country categorisation travel list. The changes will take ...

Conflicting text messages regarding Monday’s vaccination appointments in Limassol led to confusion with some 70 to 80 members of the public, many of them foreign nationals, turning up at the Spyros ...

The rules to enforce wearing face masks indoors in Israel will be lifted starting June 15, Israel’s Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Sunday. Israel has already lifted the obligation ...

Six people were charged in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Monday for breaking coronavirus regulations. A police spokesman told the Cyprus News Agency that a total of 4,024 checks ...

Closed since last March, nightclubs are allowed to open on June 10, but owners are asking why should they bother? Most people know that nightclubs are opening on June 10, but a ...