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Bishops have slammed the government’s measures for Holy week and have said on Saturday they will proceed with church services as normal. The Church is not bound by the ...

The health ministry on Saturday issued three clarifications to the lockdown measures announced on Friday. The lockdown will last from April 26 to May 9 in an attempt to stem the rapid ...

Seven businesses and 172 people were booked between 6am Friday and 6am Saturday for violating the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said. In total 11,335 checks were carried out in ...

By Sanjeev Miglani and Manoj Kumar India’s coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as ...

Cyprus has the biggest percentage across the EU of people who do not wish to get vaccinated according to the latest Standard Eurobarometer. Based on the results of the Eurobarometer, ...

The health ministry on Friday released a list of clarifications following the new lockdown announced earlier in the day. According to the ministry, private and public nurseries and kindergartens must ...

The health ministry announced one death and 889 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday from 66,634 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.33 per cent. The death concerns an 85-year-old man ...

A total of 69 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A new vaccination centre opened at the state fair in Nicosia on Friday as Cyprus ramps up its vaccination drive in a race to contain a surge of new coronavirus ...

The government on Friday imposed a fresh lockdown for two weeks between April 26 and May 9 in a bid to stem the rapid spread of Covid infections, which are threatening to ...

A second Covid-19 ward has opened at Paphos Hospital as the state health services scramble for beds amid a surge in admissions. Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said that eight beds ...

The 14-day cumulative rate of Covid cases has reached a record 937 per 100,000 of the population, the weekly coronavirus surveillance report issued by the health ministry said on Friday. The report ...

India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system in crisis and ...

In a fireworks-laden session, the House passed a law giving the state the nod to guarantee up to €1 billion in loans to businesses and self-employed persons stricken by the coronavirus-related ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced one more death from Covid-19 and 927 new cases, while 296 patients are currently being treated for the coronavirus in hospitals – a record number. The latest ...

A total of 60 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The health ministry said on Thursday anyone over 30 can receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from their personal doctor without going through the portal. Those wanting any of the other shots, must ...

The audit office has researched the government’s procurement of rapid tests and said it generally did a good job, considering the urgency of the situation. A total of 3,491,000 rapid ...

The cabinet will convene again on Friday to decide on any new Covid-19 measures after consultations with the epidemiology experts, it was announced on Thursday. Deputy government spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas ...

Fully vaccinated pensioners who got infected with Covid-19 this week but are asymptomatic prove the vaccines’ efficacy, a member of the government’s epidemiological team said on Thursday. Commenting on ...

Only ten per cent of the 9,000 vaccination appointments arranged so far by people aged 47-48 concern AstraZeneca, it emerged early on Thursday. Between the opening of the vaccination portal at 7.30 ...

The European Commission is working on legal proceedings against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker cut COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, according to sources familiar with the matter. An EU ...

The Council of Ministers will meet later on Thursday morning to face difficult decisions over the next steps regarding Covid measures over the Easter period following an increase in cases ...

Famagusta hospital, the reference hospital for coronavirus cases, reached 100 per cent capacity for the second time this week, with a 28-year-old admitted, as the average age of hospitalisations continues to ...