#coronavirus

As its vaccination drive reaches a third of adults and COVID-19 infections ease, Europe is starting to reopen cities and beaches, raising hopes that this summer’s holiday season can ...

Cyprus exceeded the EU average on vaccination with 36.5 per cent of the population having received the first dose so far, the health ministry said on Monday, as appointments will be ...

Norway should exclude the COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson from its inoculation programme due to a risk of rare but harmful side-effects, a government-appointed commission said ...

Activity at the airports is picking up with 60 flights set to take place on Monday to and from Larnaca and Paphos airports, an official said. “At Larnaca airport, it is ...

The number of daily rapid test sites is expected to be increased in the coming days, the health ministry said on Monday, following images of overcrowding at testing sites nationwide. ...

Football fans wishing to go to the GSP stadium to watch the First Division game between champions Omonia and Apollonas on Monday evening must follow the coronavirus measures, police said. ...

By Bart Biesemans Dutch researchers have trained bees, which have an unusually keen sense of smell, to identify samples infected with COVID-19, a finding they said could cut waiting times ...

Seven rapid testing sites where long queues had built up have been highlighted by the ministry of health on Monday lunchtime, which said wait times there were more than 45 minutes. ...

Slovakia’s upgrade from the Red to the Orange category was the only change to the revised country assessment for travel issued by the health ministry on Monday. The ministry ...

Masks in Cyprus may be a thing of the past as further relaxations are set to follow due to increased vaccinations, according to a government advisor. “Perhaps by the end ...

Paphos communities and municipalities said on Monday they are getting ready to welcome beachgoers following the lifting of the lockdown. Crews have started cleaning public beaches such as Pachyammos, Sodap, ...

Fifteen people were arrested late on Sunday in relation to a protest against coronavirus measures held in Limassol, including a man found with a gun. Before the lift of the ...

Cyprus will take a big step today with optimism and some concern, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday as Cyprus bid farewell to the SMS system, implementing the SafePass ...

Police charged 121 people over the 24 hours up to Monday morning for breaking coronavirus decrees. The charges came from a total of 8,016 checks around the island. In Nicosia a total of 1,183 ...

Lack of trust in big parties and the dominance in everyone’s lives of the pandemic have led to a previously unseen apathy in the lead-up to the parliamentary election ...

Two people died from coronavirus on Sunday and 269 new cases were found among a record 109,846 tests, the ministry of health announced. The two deaths bring to 336 the number of people ...

In the first hour and a half after it opened on Sunday morning the vaccination portal saw a total of 8,270 appointments booked by people aged 31 and 32. These were from a ...

The government’ free testing programme continues on Monday with rapid test sites in 63 locations around the island. Where there are up to five people working physically present all should get ...

The Pancyprian Association of Supermarkets (Pasype) reassured customers on Sunday that they would not need a Safepass to enter their stores, but they will need on if they want to ...

The European Union has not yet made any new orders for AstraZeneca vaccines beyond June when their contract ends, European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said on Sunday. Breton also ...

From tomorrow Cyprus will take a step towards the return to more normal rhythms of social and economic activity, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. “This step is the ...

People using public transport as of Monday will have to have had a negative result from PCR or rapid test, have been vaccinated with at least one dose three weeks ...

Forty one new cases of coronavirus were reported in the north on Saturday out of a total of 8,276 tests. The ‘ministry of health’ said these referred to one overseas traveller, 12 ...

A total of 138 individuals and three businesses were charged by the police in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Sunday for breaking coronavirus restrictions. A police spokesman told the ...