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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 ...

Two inactivated vaccines developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm have shown to be safe and effective against COVID-19 in phase-3 human trials, according to a study published this week ...

The night-time curfew will be pushed to 1am from Saturday and will be scrapped completely from June 10, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. Expressing the ...

President Joe Biden ordered aides to find answers to the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19, saying on Wednesday that U.S. intelligence agencies are pursuing rival theories potentially ...

Positive cases of the coronavirus dropped to 69 on Wednesday while no deaths from the virus were reported. The positivity rate was 0.17 per cent out of 41,776 PCR and rapid tests. Ninety-five ...

By Evie Andreou and Antigoni Pitta The health ministry announced on Wednesday it has adopted the suggestion of the epidemiology experts and will not recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine for those ...

France on Wednesday declared a mandatory quarantine period for people coming from Britain due to the increasing prevalence there of a highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in India. France ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s inept handling of the COVID pandemic led to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths, and officials even feared he would ask to be injected ...

The health ministry announced a total of 66 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...