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Cyprus detected 3,853 new coronavirus infections from 70,518 tests in the past seven days, a positivity rate of 5.47 per cent, the health ministry’s weekly report showed on Friday. Over the last ...

Judging by Friday’s quiet streets in the heart of China’s capital and city eateries adherence to virus curbs, the anxieties created by the ‘zero-COVID’ regime could hinder the ...

As many Chinese embraced new found freedoms on Thursday after the country dropped key parts of its tough zero-COVID regime, some cities warned residents to maintain vigilance against a virus ...

China on Wednesday announced the most sweeping changes to its resolute anti-COVID regime since the pandemic began three years ago, loosening rules that curbed the spread of the virus but ...

A patchwork easing of the world’s toughest COVID-19 curbs sowed confusion across China on Monday, spurring hopes for more clarity as officials shift tone on the dangers posed by ...

Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of ...

Some communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an expected shift in virus policies nationwide after widespread ...

China is set to announce an easing of its COVID-19 quarantine protocolsin the coming days and a reduction in mass testing, sources told Reuters, a marked shift in policy after ...

People in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as frustration with stringent COVID-19 rules boiled over, ...

Australia’s largest state will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during the COVID pandemic after government lawyers conceded on Tuesday that some fines were invalid in ...

Chinese authorities have begun inquiries into some of the people who gathered at weekend protests against COVID-19 curbs, three people who were at the Beijing demonstrations told Reuters, as police ...

Police on Monday patrolled the scenes of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing after crowds there and in other cities across China demonstrated against stringent COVID-19 measures disrupting lives three ...

Limassol bishop, Athanasios, who tested positive for coronavirus, will attend Monday’s session of the Holy Synod virtually, according to the diocese of Limassol late on Sunday. “Of course, as ...

A total of seven deaths and 4,214 cases of Covid-19 were recorded over the past week, the health ministry announced on Friday. One more death announced had occurred in the previous ...

China on Friday reported another record high of daily COVID-19 infections, as cities across the country enforce measures and curbs to control outbreaks. Thursday’s new local COVID-19 infections set ...

Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as China fights a spike in cases, deepening concerns about its economy ...

Covid-19 vaccinations will be available for babies and toddlers beginning Tuesday, the health ministry said on Monday. The ministry said that babies over the age of six months and toddlers ...

Students in schools across several Beijing districts buckled down for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as COVID ...

Seven people died from coronavirus in the last seven days while 3,736 new infections were recorded, the health ministry announced on Friday. Meanwhile the death of a 72-year-old woman, who passed ...

Covid is here to stay, much like the flu, and the public needs to understand that Covid vaccinations must be administered every year, medical services director Elisavet Constantinou said on ...

Six people died from Covid-19 over the past week, the health ministry announced on Friday, while also reporting another 3,625 cases of the disease. A total of ten people were recorded ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced it will further promote anti-covid vaccinations for the elderly amidst a rise in infections and hospitalisations. The decision was announced by Health Minister Michalis ...

The number of employed people working from home in 2021 in Cyprus amounted to 6.7 per cent of the working population, according to a Eurostat report released on Wednesday. In 2019, before the ...

The health ministry will convene a Covid advisory meeting on Wednesday to reassess the government’s preparedness should a new outbreak occur. Health ministry communications advisor Constantinos Athanasiou told CyBC ...