#coronavirus

Flights to Cyprus from the UK over the next weeks will not increase progressively as expected, the main reason being the decision by the British government not to include the ...

A nine-year old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday. There ...

The health ministry announced one death and 83 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. A 92-year-old man passed away at Limassol hospital, bringing the total death toll to 363, of whom 241 were ...

The ministry of health announced some changes would be made to Monday’s vaccination schedule due to state nurses’ union’s 12-hour work stoppage. The affected vaccination centres are Port ...

The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England almost doubled in the last week of May and the estimated reproduction “R” number crept up as the “Delta” variant became more widespread, ...

The health ministry announced a total of 82 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Switzerland will start distributing “COVID-19 certificates” next week to people who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from infection as a way to ease travel in Europe, the government ...

Cyprus has moved into the ECDC’s orange category as the 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate dropped to 130 per 100,000 residents, the ministry of health said on Friday. A total of 1,154 positive ...

Authorities on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19, plus 53 new positives from ongoing island-wide testing. The deceased was a woman aged 73, who passed away at the ICU of Nicosia ...

Britain has removed Portugal from its quarantine-free travel list, the country’s transport minister said on Thursday, essentially shutting down the UK’s leisure travel market and deepening the pandemic ...

The health ministry on Thursday issued an official decree tweaking some of the curfew and SafePass rules, effective from 5pm on June 4. Firstly, wedding guests can be out until 3am ...

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

The vaccination portal will reopen for more age groups in the coming week, the health ministry said on Thursday. Cyprus remains third in vaccinations among EU member states with 71 doses ...

Crossings between the two sides of the island will resume on Friday after the agreement of the two communities on the measures to be followed due to the pandemic. The ...

More than half of Cypriots are satisfied with the way the government has handled the pandemic, a recent Eurobarometer survey showed. The Eurobarometer is an initiative launched in 2007 by the ...

The European Commission on Friday authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, paving the way for a broader roll-out in the EU after similar clearances ...

The health ministry on Thursday reminded the public of personal protection measures against the coronavirus, particularly regarding the SafePass, a day after health minister Constantinos Ioannou expressed concerns about complacency ...

Cyprus ranks sixth among the 27 EU member states in administering the first dose and third for having completed vaccinations against coronavirus, according to data released by the European centre for ...

Police said they booked nine people after 3,327 checks for violations of coronavirus measures in the 24 hours up to 6am on Thursday. During the checks, carried out from 6am on Wednesday ...

One death from coronavirus and 58 new cases from 39,568 PCR and rapid tests were announced on Wednesday. The positivity rate is 0.15. The death was a woman, aged 64. There are 57 people in ...

Germany plans to pay vaccine manufacturers an annual reservation fee to build up reserve capacity of around 600-700 million doses per year to help it fight future pandemics, Health Minister ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday said he was concerned about complacency following the improved epidemiological situation, calling on people to continue observing personal protection measures and vaccinate. During a ...

The health ministry announced a total of 67 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A major breakthrough was reached on Wednesday with the reopening of all the crossings between the north-south divide set to take place on Friday, June 4. According to Aleem Siddique, the ...