#coronavirus

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 ...

New coronavirus cases surged in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, official data showed on Tuesday, with the global manufacturing hub becoming China’s latest COVID-19 epicentre and testing the city’...

Cyprus has spent over €200 million in tackling Covid-19 since 2020 to date, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Monday. Presenting his ministry’s budget at the House finance committee, he outlined ...

China will persevere with its “dynamic-clearing” approach to COVID-19 cases as soon as they emerge, health officials said on Saturday, adding that measures must be implemented more precisely and meet ...

Six more deaths from coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Friday, as 3,544 new infections were recorded in the past seven days. The deaths mean Cyprus has recorded 1,200 fatalities ...

China on Friday reported the highest daily count of new local COVID cases in six months as outbreaks widened, pushing policymakers to walk an even finer line between holding the ...

The BQ1 Omicron variant is expected to be confirmed in Cyprus, too, according to a government Covid advisor – but offered that it appears no more severe than those causing current ...

Several Shanghai residents received fresh stay-at-home orders and mandatory testing notices on Tuesday as authorities raced to trace contacts linked to a COVID-positive woman whose visit to the city’s ...

Shanghai’s Disney Resort abruptly suspended operations on Monday to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures, with all visitors at the time of the announcement directed to stay in the park ...

A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee has recommended adding heavy menstrual bleeding to the list of side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna, as well as Pfizer and ...

Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against Covid-19 will soon be reinstated, new Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said on Friday. The move is motivated ...

Three people died from Covid-19 over the past week, while another 2,821 tested positive for the virus, the health ministry announced on Friday. The deaths related to two women, 82 and 87, and ...

Chinese cities from Wuhan in central China to Xining in the northwest are doubling down on COVID-19 curbs, sealing up buildings, locking down districts and throwing millions into distress in ...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine while launching a new push to boost the number of Americans, especially seniors, getting the shots ahead ...

A new subvariant of Omicron Covid virus is expected to arrive in Cyprus and precautions must be taken, epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Voniatis said ...

Vaccines are one of humanity’s most effective weapons against a rising number of illnesses, helping to safeguard public health, director general of the health ministry Christina Yiannaki said on ...

The health ministry on Friday announced two Covid-19 deaths and 2,755 positives for the past week, while there are 42 people in hospital categorised as Covid-19 patients. The deaths, both men – aged 73 ...

The health ministry has announced the expansion of the vaccination centres’ operation hours from Wednesday, following requests by companies and individuals wishing to receive the anti-coronavirus jab. Under the new ...

Two deaths from Covid and 2,759 new cases were recorded over the past week, the health ministry announced on Friday. The deaths referred to a woman aged 89 and an 84-year-old man. ...

Strong cooperation within the European Union and beyond is key to prepare for a possible new coronavirus wave and other future health threats, EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on ...

Five people died from coronavirus between September 30 and October 6 while another 2,789 new infections were detected, the health ministry announced on Friday. The deaths concerned three men and two women aged ...

A high-level meeting titled Covid-19: The Way Forward after the Pandemic takes place in Limassol on Friday, aiming at the exchange of views and experiences among those in charge of ...

Around 29,377 Cypriots registered with Gesy have been diagnosed with symptoms associated with long Covid, according to the results of a survey by the federation of patients’ associations (Osak) presented on ...