#coronavirus

A 38-year-old man with coronavirus who escaped from a rehabilitation centre in Larnaca last week while under police detention, was arrested on Saturday, police said Sunday. The man was treated ...

Four deaths and 786 new coronavirus cases were announced on Saturday. The deaths concern two women, aged 47 and 80, and two men, aged 71 and 88. All of them had underlying health conditions. The 71...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 69 in total. People need to present proof of identity such as ID card, driver’s license or passport, for identification ...

Polis Chrysochous municipality and surrounding communities warned on Saturday they would take measures over what they said was the government’s failure to provide proper public healthcare. The communities expressed ...

The vaccinations portal will reopen on Sunday for people between 64 and 67, the health ministry said, while also announcing that they are picking up the pace with the aim of scheduling ...

The association of recreation centre owners (Osika), on Saturday called for the prompt vaccination of employees in the food and beverage sector to better protect public health. Head of Osika, ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new COVID-19 infections for the third straight ...

Cyprus police booked 147 people and one establishment owner, during the last 24 hours for violating Covid measures. A police spokesperson told CNA that a total of 9,492 checks were carried out from ...

Moderna Inc said on Friday a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses from its European suppliers will delay deliveries to countries including Canada and Britain, but shipments to the European Union ...

The health ministry announced one death and 677 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. An 87-year-old man with underlying conditions who had received the first dose of the vaccine died at ...

The education ministry on Friday announced that teaching with the physical presence of pupils in schools will continue, but a special committee will be monitoring the epidemiological situation in in ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Saturday, 70 in total. People need to present proof of identity such as ID card, driver’s license or passport, for identification ...

The majority of possible side effects reported by people who received an Covid-19 vaccine in Cyprus concern those who received the Pfizer jab, a health ministry’s press conference revealed ...

Australia on Friday reported its first fatality from blood clots in a recipient of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot, and its regulator said there was a likely link between the 48-year-old ...

An Italian prosecutor has accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of hindering efforts to investigate allegations that Italy failed to prepare adequately for the coronavirus pandemic. Prosecutors in the northern ...

The United Kingdom’s population rose at its slowest pace in nearly two decades in the year to mid-2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic looks on track to cause the first ...

Cyprus’ epidemiological situation is expected to worsen in the coming days which might result in stricter measures, the health ministry and its advisors said on Friday as daily cases and ...

Britain’s health ministry said on Thursday there were no plans to halt rapid coronavirus testing, after the Guardian newspaper reported the programme may be scaled back in England because ...

The 14-day cumulative rate of Covid cases has reached 749.5 per 100,000, the weekly coronavirus surveillance report issued by the health ministry said on Friday. The report covered the period March 31 to ...

Close to 6,500 vaccination slots were snapped up in the first hour of the portal opening on Friday at 7.30am for those aged 53 to 54, the health ministry said. The vast majority ...

In the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Friday the police carried out 10,600 checks islandwide for violations of Covid decrees, booking 180 people and two businesses. Most of the charges were ...

More than half of children and teenagers in Europe show signs of social dysfunction due to lockdown measures, while 10 per cent are severely depressed, according to a study carried out ...

The United States is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot will be needed between nine to 12 months after people are initially vaccinated against COVID-19, a White House official ...

The health ministry announced six deaths and 690 cases of Covid-19 on Thursday from 50,902 PCR and repaid tests with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent. The deaths concerned three men and ...