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One person died from coronavirus on Saturday as 174 new cases were recorded. The death was an 83-year-old man who died on Friday at the general hospital in Limassol. His death ...

Queues formed outside shops in Athens on Saturday on the first day of new restrictions to curb soaring coronavirus infections which require the unvaccinated to have negative COVID-19 tests. COVID-19 ...

A total of 45 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

A mobile vaccination unit operated on Saturday morning in Palaichori as part of the health ministry’s efforts to expand vaccination coverage across the island. The unit operated from 8am ...

A five-month-old baby is being treated at Makarios children’s hospital for coronavirus, paediatric chief Dr Avraam Elia said on Saturday. Speaking to CyBC radio, Elia said that the baby ...

Nine businesses in Nicosia and Paphos, and 27 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus measures in the past 24 hours, police said on Saturday. In Nicosia, five businesses were fined because employees ...

New Zealand’s 206 new daily community infections on Saturday carried it past the double-hundred mark for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, as the nation scrambles to vaccinate its ...

The health ministry announced 227 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday. As there were no deaths, the death toll remains 575, of whom 367 were men and 208 women. There are 73 ...

Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Saturday, 49 in total, in all districts. To get tested people need to present their ID, passport or driver’s licence for identification ...

Germany’s COVID-19 situation is entering a very difficult period with rising numbers of intensive care patients, health minister Jens Spahn said, as German state leaders warned the country may ...

People aged 50 and over who received the Janssen anti-coronavirus vaccine can receive a booster jab only through the walk-in vaccination centres, the health ministry said on Friday. The decision was ...

British scientists have identified a gene that doubles the risk of dying from COVID-19, providing new insights into why some people are more susceptible to the disease than others, while ...

The introduction of electronic scanning of the SafePass will start on Monday on a voluntary basis, the health ministry said on Friday, to ease businesses into the measure until November 22 ...

Republican governors are expected to sue on Friday to stop the Biden administration’s requirement that nearly 2 million U.S. employers get workers tested or vaccinated for Covid-19, saying it ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the WHO is gravely concerned over rising Covid-19 infections in Europe, as Cyprus is also undergoing a noticeable increase. The government has announced ...

Three Nicosia businesses received €16,000 in fines for failing to abide by coronavirus protocols following 1,682 checks in the capital, police said on Friday. The first establishment, which was booked for €8,000, concerned ...

President Joe Biden will enforce a mandate that workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly starting Jan. 4, spurring legal challenges ...

Coronavirus infections are hitting record levels in many countries across Europe as winter takes hold, prompting a call for action from the World Health Organisation which described the new wave ...

Health authorities reported no new fatalities and 252 positives from tests for the coronavirus, while the number of patients in hospital continued to tick up. The death toll remains 575, with the ...

The World Health Organization called on Thursday for vaccine makers to prioritise deliveries of COVID-19 jabs to the COVAX dose-sharing facility for poorer countries and said that no more doses ...

The subsided holidays scheme for the vaccinated and those who have recovered from Covid will be reintroduced in December until March, the deputy ministry of tourism announced on Thursday. The ...

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) on Thursday slashed the 2021 sales forecast for its COVID-19 vaccine by as much as $5 billion, grappling to fill vials and distribute them to meet unprecedented world ...

The European Union’s drug regulator said on Thursday it was in discussions with AstraZeneca over possible authorisation of booster doses of the drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine, after it already ...