#coronavirus

The health ministry and the Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) have come together to draft a plan aiming to gradually lift restrictions applied to sports in Cyprus. Specifically, the plan was ...

Chinese syringe makers are warning that they may only be able to fulfil some orders as late as June, as global coronavirus vaccination programmes put unprecedented levels of pressure on ...

Three people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday, as 120 new infections were detected from 27,248 tests, a positivity rate of 0.44 per cent. The ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Monday it would launch a probe into claims that a man, 80, who died of coronavirus in hospital on Sunday had earlier been ...

The government on Monday unveiled a series of upcoming schemes aimed at supporting businesses and helping them transition to the circular economy, with planned government disbursements of some €90 million for 2021. “...

The health ministry announced that Covid screenings for people returning to work next Monday will start on Tuesday, February 2. The mandatory tests include people working in the retail sector, museums ...

Elderly people in Poland will not be given the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the minister in charge of the programme said on Monday, but he added that a final decision would ...

The European Commission has approved Cyprus’ €10.2 million Cypriot scheme to support self-employed and businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak, it was announced on Monday. The scheme, which includes direct grants ...

Vaccination of the enclaved people in the Karpasia villages started on Monday with doses sent to the occupied area by the Republic, President Commissioner Photis Photiou said. Photiou said that ...

The first phase of easing restrictive measures started on Monday morning as people returning to work have tested for the coronavirus. Barbershops, hairdressers and beauty salons will reopen. There is ...

Professor Leontios Kostrikis has resigned from the advisory committee on coronavirus, a health ministry spokesperson confirmed on Monday. Kostrikis, head of the University of Cyprus’ laboratory of biotechnology and molecular ...

Pierre Gasly has become the sixth Formula One driver to test positive for Covid-19. The AlphaTauri driver, who won last year’s Italian Grand Prix, contracted the virus in Dubai. ...

Most people ask to leave their homes via SMS message on Sundays, when they tend to exercise but also shop, data published by the deputy ministry of research, innovation and ...

Police carried out a record number of checks for breaches of coronavirus measures in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning and for the first time booked more than 200 people ...

Israel extended a national lockdown on Sunday as coronavirus variants offset its vaccination drive and officials predicted a delay in a turnaround from the health and economic crisis. Highlighting Israel’...

The term ‘starving artist’ has taken on a whole new layer of meaning In an open letter published last Friday, Limassol’s Pattihio theatre director Vasos Argyridis extended an apology ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced two deaths and 106 new cases of Covid-19 from 28,364 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.37 per cent. The deaths concerned a man ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced the rapid test sites employees returning to work on February 8 should visit as of Tuesday. Around 80,000 people are expected to return to work after ...

Britain’s government is confident its COVID-19 vaccination programme is secure after receiving guarantees from the European Union, trade minister Liz Truss said on Sunday, trying to smooth over a ...

Seven out of ten Cypriots believe the country is heading in the wrong direction and are divided over the government’s handling of the pandemic, according to a poll published ...

We all know prevention is better than cure, but are we focusing too much on the vaccine? Of all the many questions thrown up by the Covid-19 crisis, this one ...

Police booked 113 individuals and one business owner in the last 24 hour for violating Covid restrictions. A police spokesperson told CNA that the force carried out a total of 7,795 checks throughout ...

Monday sees the beginning of the relaxation of Covid restrictions following the latest three-week lockdown that was forced on the public on January 10 as the epidemiological picture improves and the ...

Testing stations for Sunday announced by the ministry of health are as follows: Limassol: Agiou Ioanni Eleimon church, 9.30am-6.30pm. Mesa Geitonia cultural centre, 9.30am-6.30pma. Saints Petros and Pavlos ...