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Ottawa police vowed on Friday to crack down on an “increasingly dangerous” protest by hundreds of truckers who have shut down the center of the Canadian capital for eight days ...

The health ministry announced 2,907 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths on Friday. The deaths were a man aged 85 and a woman aged 80, who died at Larnaca and Nicosia hospitals ...

Parents on Friday expressed their “sadness and displeasure” at the situation leading to teaching union Poed’s decision to stage a one-hour work stoppage, which is set to last from 7.30 ...

The national Covid vaccination programme has stalled in recent days, health officials said on Friday, as the island saw a slight increase in daily positives. There has been a noticeable ...

Two more coronavirus deaths were announced on Friday, as the health ministry issued an announcement amending the number of coronavirus infections and deaths. The additional deaths raise the total fatalities ...

A total of 67 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced. Eligible for a free rapid testing are people fully ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Friday that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and has mild symptoms. “We should not be complacent,” the minister tweeted as he announced his ...

January was the deadliest month since the pandemic outbreak, with 96 deaths attributed to Covid-19, the health ministry’s epidemiological report showed on Friday. Overall, 104 people with coronavirus died in January, ...

In today’s episode, we hear that major delays are now expected in the construction of the LNG import terminal at Vasilikos, in Limassol. There’s also the third earthquake ...

An electrical goods store in Limassol was fined €8,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass, one of nine businesses booked for breaking health protocols to contain the spread of ...

Opposition lawmakers on Thursday expressed disappointment at the latest version of a bill governing the state’s handling of pandemics, saying it still failed to address concerns over curtailing human ...

Health authorities announced no fatalities from Covid-19 on Thursday, while testing detected 3,078 new positives. The death toll since March 2020 remains at 736. In hospitals, 222 people were being treated for Covid-19, of ...

Primary and nursery schoolteachers will stage a one-hour work stoppage on Monday to protest the way the pandemic is being handled at schools, teachers’ union Poed said on Thursday. As ...

The European Commission is proposing to extend the EU Digital Covid Certificate by a year, until 30 June 2023, it said on Thursday. The Commission said Covid-19 continued to be prevalent in ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced a new timetable for walk-in vaccination centres across the republic, which will apply from Monday, February 7 with extended hours on Wednesdays. As of Monday, ...

Sweden will lift pandemic restrictions next week despite record levels of infections as it banks on booster shots and high rates of past COVID-19 infections to keep hospitalisation rates manageable. ...

Online shopping in Cyprus grew by a faster rate than the EU average as Covid-19 restrictions accelerated an already growing trend in favour of re-commerce, but still remained among the ...

The health ministry announced 3,083 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths on Wednesday. The deaths were of two men, both aged 74, who died at Limassol and Nicosia hospitals. This brings ...

Infants are at danger from Covid-19 and should be vaccinated, as there is a small chance that they could die from the virus, head of the paediatric clinic at the ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved €1 million for hotel staff ineligible for unemployment benefits as well as €1.6m for three professional groups – taxi drivers, photographers, and street vendors – whose business has been ...

Taxi drivers on Wednesday suspended a scheduled six-hour work stoppage for next week to demand state financial support after the finance ministry agreed to include them in its one-off grant. ...

A total of 37 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Beijing’s COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to ...

The interval period for the coronavirus vaccine booster dose will be reduced to five months cabinet decided on Wednesday, as it also adjusted the health protocols for minors and nursing ...