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Police carried out 10,150 checks and booked 148 individuals for disregarding coronavirus protocols during the 24 hours until Thursday morning. A barber in Limassol was fined €500 for not displaying the correct signage, the ...

There were no deaths from Covid in the past 24 hours, as 843 new infections were reported after 53,024 tests, an overall positivity rate of 1.59 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. ...

Health professionals are struggling to cope as the number of admissions of patients with coronavirus continues to surge. The daily number of Covid patients is around 280 which is very high. ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it had completed its inspection of a U.S. plant that makes Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and asked for ...

Cyprus faces the grim prospect of another lost year for tourism, the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) warned on Wednesday. The dire warning was delivered by ACTA spokesman Haris ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday a lockdown “is a scenario that remains on the table” should the number of daily Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations increase in the coming ...

The European Union won’t take up an extra 300 million doses of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines that it has secured as options under existing contracts, a senior ...

A vaccination programme for enclaved Greek Cypriots has been nearly completed, presidential commissioner Photis Photiou whose portfolio includes humanitarian issues, told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. He said that ...

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

Cambodian police defended on Wednesday making arrests and punishing people by beating them using rattan canes for breaching coronavirus restrictions during a two-week lockdown aimed at containing a spike in ...

Should the number of positive Covid-19 cases increase even more in the next weeks, the government will have no choice but to revert to stricter measures, according to Maria Koliou, ...

Personal doctors trying to book appointments for patients were frozen out of the vaccination portal on Wednesday, family doctors association president Andreas Polinikis said. The portal opened on Wednesday morning ...

Greece aims to reopen restaurants early next month, state minister George Gerapetritis said on Wednesday, as the country is desperate for more economic sectors to resume operations ahead of its ...

In order to speed up the vaccination of the population the government has announced a new schedule for the Covid-19 vaccinations, meaning the portal for the age group from 49 to 50 ...

The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will be administered from Thursday or by Monday at the latest after it was given the green light by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ...

The health ministry announced one death and a record 941 cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. A 69-year-old man died at Nicosia general hospital after being treated in the ICU unit. He ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday sought parents’ backing for frequent coronavirus testing among younger school children to help contain an upsurge in positive cases. Prodromou held a teleconference with ...

Europe’s drug regulator has found a possible link between Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who received doses in the United States, ...

The coronavirus vaccination portal will open on Wednesday for those aged 49 and 50, the health ministry announced. The portal will be open between 7.30am Wednesday and 8pm on Thursday, with 16,000 appointments ...

The civil registry and migration department is halting in-person service to the public because of a large number of positive coronavirus cases In an official announcement the department is said ...

The health ministry announced a total of 59 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Wednesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) on Tuesday proposed the establishment of one standard health protocol for all hotels nationwide, saying tourists inquire about countries’ coronavirus measures before booking ...

While a few coronavirus measures may be tweaked for the Easter period, Government Spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Tuesday the government is constantly evaluating the need of introducing new measures ...

A Strovolos rapid testing site had to suspend its operation early on Tuesday due to strong winds, but staff are moving to a new location in Lakatamia, the health ministry ...