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The rapid test locations for Wednesday have been announced by the health ministry, the first day after restaurants, cafes and bars reopening to the public after months of being closed. ...

The European Union will on Wednesday unveil a COVID-19 pass to allow free travel this summer and support the struggling tourism sector despite the bloc’s sluggish vaccination campaign and ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that pressure on some countries to refuse to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 was at unprecedented levels but had no chance of ...

One of the government’s scientific team said on Tuesday he expected restrictions would be lifted by the end of April. Dr Petros Karayiannis, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Virology ...

AstraZeneca’s chief executive is in the “hot seat” over delays to deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine shot to European countries and must provide more details of his production plans, ...

It has been decided to buy an amount of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine once it will be approved by the European Medicines Agency, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos told state ...

Some 208 coronavirus patients are currently in public hospitals, while another 800 are treated in state hospitals for other illnesses, with the result that more than 80 per cent of the beds are ...

Health authorities on Monday announced that 218 more people have tested positive for the coronavirus, while no new deaths were reported. Islandwide, a total of 23,144 tests (PCR and rapid) were carried ...

As police were trying to track down people who violated Covid health and safety measures in Limassol on Sunday by staging a carnival street party, scientists expressed dismay and concern, ...

By Thomas Escritt and Stephanie Nebehay Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would hit pause on AstraZeneca Covid-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, throwing Europe’...

A total of 59 coronavirus testing sites will be operating nationwide on Tuesday, the first day of the reopening of restaurants and cafes, the health ministry announced on Green Monday. The ...

Cypriots are celebrating Green Monday this year amid coronavirus measures and strict police checks. Police were instructed to perform additional checks in excursion areas, reservoirs, parks and squares which were ...

Publicly, the European Union has dismissed Russia’s global coronavirus vaccine supply campaign as a propaganda stunt by an undesirable regime. Behind the scenes, the bloc is turning to Moscow’...

Hospitality sector owners have called on the public to abide by the coronavirus measures at restaurants and bars as they started the preparations to reopen this Tuesday. Following a three-month ...

Cyprus said on Monday it has downgraded Finland and upgraded Portugal in its classification of countries based on their epidemiological condition, effective from Thursday, March 18. The classification affects travellers from ...

Paphos medical association said they were expecting a better Covid vaccination plan from the health ministry as a large number of paramedical staff remain unvaccinated. Most private doctors in Paphos ...

Police said they reported 292 people and two establishments over the past 24 hours for various violations of government restrictions designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Officers carried out 16,316 across ...

By Elizabeth Culliford Facebook Inc, which has been criticised by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started adding labels ...

The Netherlands on Sunday joined a fast-growing list of countries suspending use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of unexpected possible side effects from the injection. The vaccine will ...

The pandemic has been the biggest catalyst for digital transformation in Cyprus, forcing changes that otherwise would have taken three to five years to accomplish under normal circumstances, the minister ...

Ireland became the latest country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday, temporarily suspending the shot “out of an abundance of caution” after reports from Norway of serious ...

Cyprus was left stunned on Sunday night after a video went viral showing hundreds of people partying in Limassol with zero distancing and many not wearing a mask as they ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 374 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday from 41,269 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.9%. Of the new cases, 141 were in Limassol. The ...

Seeing the difficulties many were facing due to the pandemic, the family who run Chicky Chicken in Nicosia decided to do something to help A family-owned, fast-food restaurant in Nicosia ...