#coronavirus

With the approval of the 2021 state budget, the education ministry said on Friday it was now in a position to announce implementation of a €900 grant for artists as well as ...

February should be considered more of a transition period than a time to start easing Covid restrictions, the head of the government’s advisory committee, assistant professor of internal medicine ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday the new English variant of COVID-19 may be associated with a higher level of mortality although he said evidence showed that both ...

One person has died from Covid-19, the health ministry said on Friday, while 122 new cases were detected after 9,635 tests, a positivity rate of 1.27 per cent. The ministry said 179 people were ...

The health ministry on Friday urged employees who have returned to work after it relaxed the number of staff permitted at each premise to take a rapid antigen test. It ...

One week since the launch of the vaccination programme in the north, health personnel have administered the first 11,000 doses of the coronavirus jab and have stored another 11,000 for the second ...

A total of 3,711 coronavirus cases were diagnosed in the two-week period from January 6 to 19, with Limassol and Nicosia accounting for two thirds of these. According to the latest national surveillance ...

It has been a grim January, with 61 coronavirus-related deaths so far, 24 of them in one week alone, according to figures published by the health ministry on Friday. This follows on ...

Nearly 1.3 million coronavirus tests, both PCR and rapid antigen tests, have been carried out in Cyprus since the start of the pandemic in March, the health ministry said on Friday. ...

Poland could take legal action against Pfizer next month if the U.S. drugmaker does not deliver all scheduled doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, a government spokesman said on Friday. ...

The health ministry has published an updated list for rapid coronavirus cases, adding another location in Latsia to bring the total to 19 that will be available for the general population ...

President Nicos Anastasiades pointed out the problems the island is faced with because of the slow rollout of Covid vaccines, mainly due to the delays in the production of the ...

The European Commission proposed to EU leaders identifying “dark red” coronavirus hot spots from which all but essential travel would be discouraged after a meeting to discuss the mounting challenge ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 on Thursday and 164 new cases from 11,170 PCR and rapid tests. The positivity rate stood at 1.47 per cent. Total positives since March number 29,636. ...

Spain’s public prosecutor is investigating more than 200 cases of potential criminal mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic at nursing homes, where the virus spread almost unchecked during the devastating first ...

Fears of being cooped up during a looming curfew have led the Dutch to resort to creative ways to dodge the rules, with people signing up for borrow-a-dog services and ...

The press workers’ union in the north, Basin-Sen, announced on Thursday it was suing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over his disparaging comments on social media against journalist Esra Aygin, ...

European Union leaders were seeking on Thursday to address the coronavirus pandemic’s mounting challenges, including increased calls to limit travel and tighten border controls to contain more infectious variants ...

If the downward trend in daily cases continues, it will be possible to gradually start easing the measures against the spread of coronavirus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. ...

The defence ministry has extended the postponement of reservist service in the national guard until February 28, taking into account the epidemiological situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, it announced on ...

A Paphos retirement home was fined €500 on Wednesday after a visitor was allowed to enter the premises by the manager. The visitor was fined €300. Under coronavirus decrees, visits to retirement ...

Police booked 146 individuals and three establishments during the 24 hours up to 6am Thursday morning for failing to comply with coronavirus decrees, a new record. In total, 10,688 checks were carried out, 2,912 ...

Dubai has suspended non-essential surgery for a month and live entertainment in hotels and restaurants until further notice as coronavirus infections surge. Dubai’s health regulator said in a circular ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced that the minimum number of people who need to be physically present in workplaces has been raised to five with 25 maximum, depending on the ...