#coronavirus

Global life insurers are taking steps to curb payouts stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, including long-term health consequences that are not fully understood, industry sources told Reuters. Life insurers, including ...

More than 13,000 couples have postponed their wedding in the last year because of lockdown measures, the association of professional event planners said on Monday, calling for the restart of the ...

Paphos police on Sunday evening arrested a man for traffic violations, driving under the influence of drugs and violating coronavirus measures. At around 8pm on Sunday, officers stopped a car ...

Police booked 169 individuals and one kiosk owner in the 24 hours until 6am on Monday for violations of coronavirus measures, a new record. During this time, 11,806 checks were carried out in ...

France probably needs to move into a third lockdown, perhaps as early as the February school holidays, because of the circulation of new variants of the virus, the government’s ...

Three people died from the coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths so far to 186, the ministry of health announced on Sunday. At the same time 130 positive results (...

The ministry of health has announced 18 places for the public to get rapid coronavirus tests on Monday. In addition to these 25 mobile units will be testing in businesses, government departments ...

Italy will take legal action against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to secure agreed supplies rather than seek damages, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio ...

The ministry of health’s scientific committee is set to examine the use of a gut drug as part of its protocol for treating coronavirus patients. Following announcements in Greece ...

Britain has detected 77 cases of the South African variant of COVID-19, the health minister said on Sunday, also urging people to strictly follow lockdown rules as the best precaution against ...

The relaxation of coronavirus measures after January 31 is considered certain, with the scientific team of the ministry of health backing the path followed last May and June, after the first ...

The European Union will make pharmaceutical companies respect contracts they have signed for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, European Council President Charles Michel said on Sunday. Pfizer Inc last week ...

The infectious diseases committee in the north has relaxed some coronavirus measures in the north. According to Turkish Cypriot media, most schools in the north will open as of Monday. ...

The forthcoming opening up of primary schools must be carried out in an organised and proper manner, president of primary school teachers union Poed Myria Vasiliou told the Cyprus News ...

A total of 149 people and two businesses were charged in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning for breaking coronavirus restrictions. They were the result of 11,044 tests across the island. ...

Four deaths and 129 new cases of coronavirus out of 8,155 tests were announced on Saturday. The positivity rate is 1.58 per cent. The health ministry said hospital admissions had dropped to 174, but 59 ...

The health ministry has announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday. District Testing Sites Times Limassol Lidl supermarket parking lot,Limassol (45 Franklin Roosevelt Street) 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Glafcos ...

Another 1,170 Pfizer vaccine doses will be delivered to the Turkish Cypriot side on Monday, co-chair of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Health Leonidas Phylactou said on Saturday. The vaccines are ...

A glitch in the CyRepublic service’s system has led to the delivery of text messages to people informing them they were close contacts of coronavirus cases even though this ...

British ministers are to discuss on Monday further tightening travel restrictions, the BBC reported on Saturday, adding that people arriving in the country could be required to quarantine in hotels. ...

Three people in hotel quarantine associated with the Australian Open tennis tournament have tested positive for the highly transmissible coronavirus variant linked to the United Kingdom, officials said on Saturday. ...

The health ministry announced on Saturday that coronavirus vaccination appointments for those over 90 will be available from Monday morning. Some 5,448 jab appointments for this age group can be made via ...

The need to avert a surge in unemployment was highlighted by Sek trade union confederation during a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday. General secretary Andreas Matsas said the ...

Nurses also need psychological support since many of them suffer from stress, depression, sleep disorders even post-traumatic stress, civil servants’ union Pasydy said on Friday. The union’s nurses and ...