#coronavirus

Hookahs, which had been prohibited under health protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus, are now allowed outdoors but only for individual use under new rules published on Tuesday to ...

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

Germany’s public health agency lowered the coronavirus risk level to “high” from “very high” on Tuesday for the first time in 2021, reflecting a fall in the number of new ...

Famagusta reference hospital is returning to normal operations as the number of coronavirus patients treated at the facility has dropped to 15, scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Tuesday. Hadjiyianni told ...

Covid-19 restrictions have affected children’s rights and mental health, the Children’s Rights Commissioner Despo Michaelidou said on Tuesday. In a written statement on the international day for protection ...

Further easing of Covid-19 restrictions are in place as from today due to the improved epidemiological picture in Cyprus. For example, the number of people in home gatherings increases to ...

Peru almost tripled its official COVID-19 death toll to 180,764, following a government review, making it the country with the worst death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data. ...

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout gains momentum, many countries are planning a gradual return to normal, opening borders and letting people back into restaurants, shops and sports venues after more ...

The European Commission proposed on Monday that vaccinated people should be exempt from testing or quarantines when travelling from one EU country to another, and urged a gradual easing of ...

Deputy minister for tourism, Savvas Perdios will be travelling to London and Moscow in the coming days in attempt to push for tourist arrivals from Cyprus’ two biggest markets. Perdios ...

The health ministry on Monday reiterated the new measures that will come into force as of June 1 as coronavirus restrictions are reduced as the coronavirus indictors on the island improve. ...

Cyprus on Monday upgraded six countries in its categorisation for arrivals based on the epidemiological data, effective from June 3. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Poland have been upgraded ...

Police booked ten people after 2,186 checks for breaches of the coronavirus measures nationwide in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Monday. Nicosia officers carried out 179 checks and booked two ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced 44 new coronavirus cases and said no deaths have been reported from the virus. The total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic ...

The Turkish Cypriot side is ready to reopen the crossing points on Monday under specific conditions, ‘prime minister Ersan Saner was quoted as saying on Sunday. “From May 31, 2021, we will ...

The decision to lift final lockdown measures in England on June 21 will be made after data on infection, hospitalisation, vaccination and new variants are assessed, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said ...

Fifty-one testing locations for Monday as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol ( 17 points) “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 7.30 am-7.30 pm TEPAK Building “Andreas Themistokleous”, Agia Zoni (Old Land Registry of Limassol, ...

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 ...