Germany’s BioNTech should be able to adapt its coronavirus vaccine relatively quickly in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant, its CEO Ugur Sahin told the Reuters Next ...
The government on Friday decided to place guards at some schools after hours and increase police patrols in the wake of a bombing and an arson at two primary schools ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to boost healthcare capacity and vaccinate their people to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, and said travel ...
A further round of clarifications has been issued by the health ministry, which sets out provisions as to how businesses such as bars and cafes can operate – and crucially – how ...
In today’s episode, Pope Francis began his visit by praising Cyprus as being geographically small, but historically great. The latest Covid measures were also announced, while police are investigating ...
Police on Friday said they fined 12 individuals and two establishments after 2,141 checks for the implementation of coronavirus measures.
The checks were carried out between 6am on Thursday and 6am on ...
New rules requiring international air travelers arriving in the United States to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel will take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. ET (0501 ...
The health ministry on Thursday decided the cancellation of all scheduled non-urgent surgeries, and also commandeered bed capacity in private healthcare facilities – measures taken in anticipation of a potential surge ...
The European Union’s drug regulator said on Thursday it had started a rolling review of the inactivated-virus COVID-19 vaccine from French biotech firm Valneva, weeks after the EU signed ...
Health authorities on Thursday announced no new fatalities from Covid-19, while 538 more people tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Covid death toll since March 2020 remains at 598, with the average of ...
Germany on Thursday imposed restrictions on the unvaccinated as it sought to break a dramatic surge in daily coronavirus infections exacerbated by the discovery of the Omicron strain.
Outgoing Chancellor ...
South Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 reinfections due to the Omicron variant but symptoms for reinfected patients and those infected after vaccination appear to be mild, a scientist ...
A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced.
Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...
A mobile vaccination unit will be in Pachna on Saturday to make it easier for residents of the wider, wine villages area to get inoculated.
According to the health ministry, ...
Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition by rights groups seeking to repeal temporary measures allowing the domestic intelligence agency to use mobile phone tracing to curb the ...
Teleworking for 20 per cent of the staff of businesses offering services, suspension of all events inside and outside malls, and the obligatory testing for all passengers upon arrival in the ...
By Ludwig Burger
GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday said that a lab analysis of the antibody-based Covid-19 therapy it is developing with US partner Vir has shown the drug is effective against ...
Three businesses and 11 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus measures after 2,292 checks in the government-controlled areas, police said early on Thursday.
Six people were fined in Famagusta after 413 checks, five ...
In today’s episode, we bring you the latest on the Covid-19 restrictive measures which are to be discussed during the council of ministers meeting – such as a work-from-home order ...
Roughly one in every 100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 will likely have central nervous system complications, researchers reported this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America .
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The health ministry announced 492 new cases of Covid-19 and one death on Wednesday.
The death concerned a 60-year-old man who passed away after being treated in the ICU at Nicosia ...
The United States ordered airlines to hand over the names of passengers from southern African countries hit by the Omicron COVID-19 variant and other countries tightened their borders as a ...
The House education committee on Wednesday discussed the health protocols in schools against the further spread of Covid-19 with protesters outside calling for the abolition of the measures that include ...
U.S. officials ordered airlines to disclose passenger names and other information about those who have recently been in eight southern African countries and will give it to local and ...