#coronavirus

Cyprus is experiencing an uptick in positive infections after months of steady decline, as the two-week cumulative diagnosis rate of Covid-19 stands at 204.4 per 100,000. This is up on the national ...

Police on Friday said they fined €7,000 to seven businesses in Nicosia, Paphos and Larnaca, as part of the daily checks for violations into coronavirus measures. Four fines concerned Nicosia-based businesses, ...

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) high-level conference on Covid-19 took place earlier this month, with the conference exploring the issues around the aviation industry’s recovery, as well ...

The health ministry announced there were no deaths from Covid on Thursday but that 109 people tested positive for the virus from 24,193 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.45 per ...

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Thursday they expect to deliver 50 million more doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. government by April-end, as the country prepares ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Friday, 21 in total. To get tested, people need to present an ID, passport, or driver’s licence. Districts Testing Sites Work ...

An estimated 30 million to 50 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine made early this year sits idle in Emergent BioSolutions Inc’s plant in Baltimore awaiting a green ...

The Russian capital brought in its strictest lockdown measures since June 2020 on Thursday as hospitals confront a rising wave of coronavirus cases that has sent one-day pandemic deaths to record ...

Eight individuals and four Paphos businesses were fined for violations of Covid measures in a total of 2,967 checks across Cyprus in the last 24 hours. In Nicosia, two people were fined ...

One person has died from Covid, as 200 new infections from 55,143 tests were detected, a positivity rate of 0.36 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. At the same time, 56 people ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by the health minister for administering booster shots to people who received the one-off J&J Janssen vaccine against Covid-19 in the ...

A total of 22 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

In recent days the number of Covid-19 cases has surged in many countries causing Polish COVID cases surge above 8,000 for first time since April Poland reported 8,361 daily COVID-19 cases and 133 ...

One business owner and 20 individuals were fined in 24 hours across the island for violating coronavirus measures after 2,873 checks, police said on Wednesday. Most people were fined for not wearing a ...

No deaths and 162 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Tuesday by the health ministry. The 162 cases were detected among 51,892 PCR and rapid tests, with positivity rate of 0.31 per cent. There ...

A total of 24 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Police on Tuesday said they issued 15 fines after 2,985 checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours. Most checks, 1,243 were carried out in Nicosia where three people were ...

A union representing the rights of public-sector workers has called for the suspension of rapid tests for the coronavirus, after media reports showed a swab contained multiple times the permissible ...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travelers and lifting severe travel restrictions on China, India and much ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19, men aged 49 and 82, along with 189 new positives on Monday. There are 59 Covid-19 patients in hospital, 20 of whom are in serious condition. Of ...

By Evie Andreou and Nick Theodoulou The Delta Plus sub variant has been detected in two of the Covid-19 samples sent for sequencing to the ECDC and a private lab ...

U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc said on Monday the European Union’s drug regulator has initiated a real-time review of its experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug for adults. Under ...

The coronavirus situation has acted as an accelerator for digitisation, Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos said Monday as MPs reviewed the junior ministry’s proposed ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...