#coronavirus

Branded as a wonder drug by some and a danger to health by others, the drug has been used to fight coronavirus. In a world where the man on the ...

The British government is thinking about making COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for healthcare workers to stop the spread of the virus in hospitals, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Sunday. “It ...

The testing sites for Sunday are as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (20 points) Church of Agios Ioannis Eleimonos, Limassol 9 a.m.-7 p.m. TEPAK Building “Andreas Themistokleous”, Agia ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 while 56 people tested positive from 56,456 PCR and rapid tests. a positivity rate of 0.1 per cent. There ...

As employees are expected to return to their workplaces early next month, a number of companies are struggling to accommodate all of their office staff and comply with coronavirus measures ...

British royal Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, said on Saturday she had received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and paid tribute to everyone involved in the rollout of the inoculation ...

Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants and spreads quickly by air, the health minister said on ...

One business and 21 people were booked for violating coronavirus measures in the past 24 hours, police said. Between 6am on Friday morning to 6am Saturday morning, police said they performed 3,688 checks, 704 ...

Australia’s Victoria state reported five new local COVID-19 cases on Saturday amid a strict lockdown, as people rushed to vaccination centres, causing long lines and technological glitches. The infections ...

The health ministry announced three deaths and another 73 positives for Covid-19 on Friday from 62,125 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.12 per cent. The deaths concerned two men ...

President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between ...

Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday backed the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12, paving the way for a broader roll-out in the region after ...

The health ministry announced a total of 84 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Police on Friday announced they seized around 600,000 rapid tests as part of investigations relating to the alleged document forgery case unveiled earlier in the week. This came after a company ...

People aged under 50 who have booked an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine are able to change it, the health minister said on Friday. Speaking to the CyBC, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

Cyprus’ epidemiological picture has continued its steady and dramatic improvement, with major reductions across the main criteria – from hospitalisations, cases, deaths and other indicators. In the last 14 days, the cumulative ...

Facebook Inc is no longer removing posts that claim the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was man-made amid renewed debate over its origins. “In light of ongoing investigations into the origin ...

Although the government took away our liberties in a big rush, supposedly to protect public health, it is restoring these in instalments for no apparent reason. Is it afraid people ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced 75 new positives for coronavirus, for a positivity rate of 0.17 per cent, while the number of the hospitalised continue to drop. No new deaths occurred, ...

The vaccination portal will reopen on Friday for 36–39-year-olds, the health ministry said on Thursday, announcing that almost 51 per cent of the population has received a jab. Members of the ...

The health ministry announced a total of 71 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The ministry of health issued some clarifications on the upcoming measure relaxations that were announced earlier on Thursday. The new measures will see the curfew moved from midnight to 1am ...

India has recorded the world’s sharpest spike in coronavirus infections this month, with political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai running out of hospital beds, oxygen and medicines. ...

The state health services (Okypy) on Thursday said that hospital wards previously used for Covid-19 patients were slowly emptying, allowing them to return to their original use. Despite this, Famagusta ...