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The following laboratories are open for Covid-19 testing on Saturday, April 23. State testing centres will not operate on Easter Sunday and Monday. Nicosia American Medical Center, 215 Spyrou Kyprianou, Strovolos, 0800-0900 ...

The health ministry announced that 18 deaths attributed to Covid-19 occurred during the past week, while 6,115 people tested positive. The health ministry’s data covers the period from 15-21 April and ...

Stiffening resolve after three weeks of strict lockdown, authorities warned Shanghai‘s 25 million frazzled residents on Friday that their purgatory would go on until the COVID-19 virus was eradicated neighbourhood ...

A box of self-tests containing five Covid tests have been price capped at €6, the health ministry said, adding that the measure take effect from Friday. The ministry had previously made ...

In today’s episode, we hear of the latest loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, a further four Cyprus passports being revoked, and yet another scam involving luxury cars. There’s also ...

A US judge’s ruling this week that the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation was unlawful dealt another blow to an industry that built dozens of small ...

Ahead of the Easter holidays, the cabinet on Wednesday lifted the restriction on the maximum number of people at house gatherings as well as the SafePass requirement for outdoor venues. ...

In today’s episode, we hear that Covid-19 restrictions are to be further loosened, the government is to enforce new measures to reduce irregular migration and that progress is being ...

No SafePass will be required at outdoor venues while the limit on the number of people at gatherings in homes is expected to be lifted by the end of the ...

The health ministry announced on Tuesday that the fourth coronavirus vaccine dose – the second booster shot – is to be made available to all healthcare workers, regardless of their age. The ...

By Aleksander Solum Hong Kong arrivals meet plastic everywhere in quarantine hotels: Remote controls are wrapped in cellophane, pillows are encased in plastic bags, food comes with plastic cutlery. Hong ...

The Biden administration will no longer enforce a US mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida ruled that the directive was unlawful, overturning a key White ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas will meet the scientific advisory committee on the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic on Tuesday to discuss new relaxations ahead of the Easter Holidays, amid an ...

A Florida judge said on Monday that a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation is unlawful, overturning a Biden administration effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Last week, ...

Covid-19 restrictions at the crossing points are to be lifted from 9am on Tuesday, the bicommunal technical health committee announced on Monday. This means that proof of vaccination and test ...

The epidemiological picture of Cyprus is the best it has been for the last five months, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipandelas said on Monday as speculation grew that more Covid measures ...

The ministry of health will operate a total of 31 rapid testing sites on Monday for eligible groups to have free tests. Eligible groups include minors, the vaccinated and anyone who ...

Thai masters student Dhidhaj Sumedhsvast didn’t believe in fortune-telling or supernatural powers until the coronavirus pandemic started two years ago. Now, he regularly seeks the advice of fortune-tellers, wears ...

Two COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by units of China National Biotec Group (CNBG) to target the Omicron variant were approved for clinical trials as boosters in Hong Kong, the Sinopharm ...

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China imposed restrictions as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to ...

The situation in Shanghai is extreme, local epidemiologist and state Covid-19 adviser Michalis Voniatis said on Friday, referring to shocking scenes emerging from China’s strict ‘zero-Covid’ lockdowns. The draconian ...

Saturday’s free rapid testing sites for eligible individuals are as follows: District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lefkosia (23 units) Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 pm 94056785 Agios Georgios Church, Latsia 9 ...

While the number of new coronavirus cases remains high, there has been a significant improvement in epidemiological indices in the past fortnight, according to the latest national report released by ...

Authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing came up with 1,421 new positives to the virus. The latest fatalities were: a man aged 58 who passed away ...