#coronavirus

The administration of the fifth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is set to begin on Thursday, the health ministry announced in a statement. To be vaccinated with the fifth jab, ...

A decision regarding the administration of a fifth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be taken within the next few days, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris ...

The trial of a 53-year-old doctor suspected of giving people fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates was postponed for a second time on Monday, almost seven months after it was first delayed. ...

Australia will end the mandatory five-day home quarantine for COVID-infected people on Oct. 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, even as some doctors warned the move would put the ...

In today’s episode, we hear that in an apparent jurisdictional spat, a British Bases court has rejected Cypriot authorities’ request that they put on trial two suspects arrested in ...

A fifth Covid vaccine dose could be available by the end of October, while the cabinet just under two weeks ago approved the new bivalent jabs for fourth shots. Medical ...

The age limit for the administration of the booster, or 4th dose of the Covid vaccine is being reduced from Monday, the health ministry announced. The ministry said that from ...

More than 500 new Covid-19 cases were reported in school units in the last week, creating small transmission chains, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. Since Monday, around 500 cases were ...

Two deaths from Covid in addition to 2,932 new cases were reported in the past week, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The two deaths refer to a 76-year-old woman ...

An increase in the positivity rate of coronavirus infections among students was registered after the start of the new school year, epidemiologist and member of the health ministry monitoring unit ...

Five people died from coronavirus as another 2,482 new infections were traced after 61,364 tests in the past seven days, the health ministry announced on Friday. The weekly report, for the dates ...

A 92-year-old woman has died from coronavirus over the past week, while 1,869 new infections were detected, the health ministry has announced on Friday. The new death was recorded on Monday, ...

In view of the attorney-general’s decision to criminally prosecute two police officers over the use of excessive force during the “Os Dame” protest last year, grievances within the force ...

Vaccination gaps in EU populations must be closed as a “matter of top priority”, the EU’s Cypriot Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides said on Friday, with Brussels recommending that ...

Parts of the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen extended curbs on public activities on Friday but stopped short of a full lockdown, as cities across China battled COVID-19 outbreaks ...

The health ministry said on Friday that four deaths from Covid-19 and 1,752 new cases of the virus were reported for the week of August 26 – September 1, 2022. The four deaths concerned three ...

Union of United Parents and the teachers branch of the Cyprus Equality Union on Wednesday morning staged a protest outside the presidential palace against mask mandates and Covid testing at ...

Face masks will no longer be mandatory from today, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela has announced, citing an improved epidemiological picture. Excluded are places considered high risk, such as hospitals, nursing ...

The lifting on the mandatory use of face mask and the resetting of spaces to their full capacity are expected to be advanced by health minister Michalis Hadjipantela during his ...

Two groups, the Union of United Parents and the teachers branch of the Cyprus Equality Union, said on Monday they would stage a protest outside the presidential palace on Wednesday ...

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates vying to be Britain’s next prime minister, said it was a mistake to have “empowered” scientists during the coronavirus pandemic ...

The government is set to finalise its Covid roadmap next week as the health ministry is concerned that Cyprus is set for a difficult autumn and winter period. Speaking to ...

The sixth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is essentially over, virologist Leontios Kostrikkis, a former member of the government’s epidemiological team, said on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC radio, he ...

EU member states are preparing for an expected increase in Covid cases in autumn and winter, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou, said in an interview for ...