#coronavirus

The second phase of Covid-19 vaccinations is expected to kick off on January 8, with a public portal where people will arrange an appointment for a jab going live on Tuesday, ...

As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will ...

Britain began vaccinating its population with the COVID-19 shot developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Monday, touting a scientific “triumph” that puts it at the vanguard of the West ...

Two people died from Coronavirus on Sunday, the ministry of health announced, bringing the total to 131, while 529 new positive cases were recorded. A total of 182 Covid patients are being treated ...

By Jonathan Landay Two top U.S. health officials on Sunday disputed a claim by President Donald Trump that federal data on COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States ...

The ministry of health has announced the locations for rapid tests on Monday that are available to all for free. They are: District Location Time Limassol Gregoris Afxentiou Square 8.30 am-5 ...

Hundreds of demonstrators took part in a protest drive from the GSP stadium to the presidential palace on Sunday afternoon. The protest was against the coronavirus measures, although those addressing ...

Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others. Speaking after ...

The new variant of coronavirus identified in the UK has been found in Cyprus, the ministry of health said on Sunday after tests on people from the UK were completed. ...

With hospitals around the island under strain, the state health services organisation Okypy has appealed to the private sector to come forward. “Things are difficult in hospitals,” Okypy spokesman Charalambous ...

Police charged 99 people overnight from Saturday to Sunday for violating decrees to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. A police spokesman told the Cyprus News Agency these were a ...

By Aftab Ahmed and Nigam Prusty India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 627 new cases of the disease were announced on Saturday. The health ministry said the deaths were of an 82-year-old man and a 92-year-old woman. Both ...

It’s impossible to write anything about this year, without the Covid 19 pandemic as a backdrop. The deadly virus created a tsunami of devastation for so many, wrecking lives, jobs ...

Experts at India’s drugs regulator have recommended for emergency use two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other backed by a state-run institute, the ...

The health ministry has announced 21 sites where rapid tests will be available on Sunday, January 3. District Testing Sites Time Limassol Grigoris Afxentiou Square – Dioikitirio 10am-4.30pm Limassol Shopping Centre, underground ...

Further decisions on the restrictive measures in place will depend on the number of patients with coronavirus in hospitals and especially intensive care units, an expert said on Saturday. Assistant ...

Owners of leisure centres warned on Saturday they would take drastic measures unless the government provides the necessary support to offset their huge losses caused by the pandemic. Head of ...

Greece will tighten coronavirus curbs for a week from Sunday, closing hair salons, bookstores and some other shops that had been allowed to reopen in the run-up to Christmas, the ...

Japan will consider issuing a new emergency declaration after governors in the capital region urged action to tackle a record surge in COVID-19 cases, the head of the nation’s ...

One death and 18 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the north on Friday. Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on Friday that an 84-year-old man with coronavirus who also had serious underlying ...

Several hundred French police on Saturday shut down an illegal rave party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year’s Eve in defiance of a curfew and ...

The mandatory seven-day quarantine in hotels of all arrivals from the UK has been extended until January 10, the health ministry announced on Saturday. The original ministry decree brought in on ...

The health ministry announced two more deaths and 167 cases of Covid-19 on Friday from a total of 3,226 both PCR and rapid testing. The two people who died were men aged 80 ...