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A three-week ‘lockdown lite’ seems the likeliest scenario today when the government announces extra curbs on movement – including a return to the SMS system –aiming to contain the spread of ...

Two more people died of Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the death toll to 140, while authorities announced that 427 people tested positive for the coronavirus. The latest deaths were a 79-year-old woman ...

The health ministry has announced where people can get a rapid test on Friday as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol “Grigori Afxentiou” Square – Diokitirio 8.30 a.m.-5 p.m. ...

The health ministry on Thursday issued a Q&A answering frequently asked questions about Comirnaty, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine currently administered in Cyprus. The Q&A was based on ...

After the holiday season, the House of Representatives hopes to reconvene normally next week, most importantly with the revision of the state budget, which was voted down on December 17 forcing ...

U.S. tops 21 million cases More Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Wednesday than at any time since the pandemic began, as total infections crossed the 21 million mark, deaths soared ...

Nurses at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital on Thursday condemned the health ministry for not including them in the first round of vaccinations. In a written statement the staff of the ...

Moderna‘s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine is likely to offer protection of up to a couple of years, its chief executive said on Thursday, even though more data is still needed ...

Educational programmes for primary school pupils will be shown on state-owned television channel Rik on Thursday and Friday, as part of a joint initiative by the education ministry and the ...

The finance and labour ministries are working on revising the support schemes ahead of a new lockdown, expected to be announced on Friday as a means of further curbing the ...

Cardiologists said on Thursday that they should be put in a higher priority group for receiving the coronavirus vaccine because of the risk they run of contracting the virus from ...

Police in the Famagusta district arrested a 23-year-old on Wednesday in connection with rioting, arson and other crimes committed shortly after midnight on January 1 in Sotira. This is the sixth ...

Police booked a record 140 individuals and two establishments for violating Covid decrees in the last 24 hours while carrying out 5,428 checks. Inspections were also conducted in churches where services were held ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced four deaths from Covid-19 and another 573 cases through a total of 10, 201 PCR and rapid tests. The deaths concerned four men, two aged 76, one aged 79, ...

The health ministry has announced testing site for Thursday. They are: District Sampling points Hours Limassol “Grigori Afxentiou” Square – Governor’s Office 8.30 a.m.-5 p.m. Parking at Sigma ...

The health ministry on Wednesday issued a Q&A for the Moderna Covid vaccine which was approved by the European Commission earlier in the day. What is COVID-19 Vaccine ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘health minister’ Ali Pilli said on Wednesday the north was not ruling out a full lockdown for two or three weeks if necessary. The announcement comes after strong ...

A second COVID-19 vaccine won regulatory approval in Europe on Wednesday and the Netherlands belatedly launched its vaccination campaign as European countries accelerated a patchy drive to defeat the coronavirus ...

A nurse received the first COVID-19 shot in the Netherlands on Wednesday, kicking off one of Europe’s last vaccination programmes for the coronavirus as the European medicines regulator considered ...

A total of 3,901 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 since December 27 the health ministry announced on Wednesday. These were people included in the first phase of the vaccination plan and comprised ...

Greek Christian churches held Epiphany services on Wednesday, openly defying government coronavirus restrictions that banned public gatherings including religious ceremonies on one of the most important days of the Orthodox ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “Herculean” aim to vaccinate around 14 million of the most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by the middle of next month is achievable, his vaccine minister ...

The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will try to reach a decision on the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, after failing to take a decision two days earlier. ...

Travellers from Britain ending their mandatory seven-day hotel quarantine period must make their own way back home, which in some cases could force them to flout the required further three-day ...