#coronavirus

The health ministry announces the testing sites for Sunday in all districts, 47 in total. People need to present their ID, or passport or driver’s licence for identification purposes. District ...

Germany recorded the highest incidence of coronavirus infections since mid-May on Saturday, reaching the threshold of 100 cases per 100,000 in the past seven days that used to be the yardstick for ...

Fifteen people and three establishment owners were fined after 3,669 checks in the 24 hours until Saturday morning for violations of the Covid-19 measures. In Nicosia 1,777 checks were conducted and two people ...

Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, began its first weekend out of the world’s longest string of Covid-19 lockdowns with spontaneous street parties, live music and packed pubs, bars and ...

By Michael Erman Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that the likely benefits of giving the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to 5 to 11 year olds ...

Health authorities on Friday announced one death and 175 new positives from testing for Covid-19, while the number of hospitalised people amounts to a total of 57. The new death toll now ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine showed 90.7% efficacy against the coronavirus in a clinical trial of children 5 to 11 years old, the U.S. drugmaker said on Friday. Sixteen children in the ...

Norway will hold off giving children aged 12-15 a second dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 until it has gathered more research, partly due to a rare side effect involving ...

A total of 53 free rapid test sites will operate nationwide for eligible groups on Saturday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been scrapped, while ...

Americans can choose a COVID-19 booster shot that is different from their original inoculation but the recommendation is to stick with the vaccine they got first if it is available, ...

Police on Friday said that three people tried to cross to the north presenting fake rapid tests over last weekend. Three people, aged 29, 34 and 36, visited the Astromeritis crossing point at ...

The transmission chain in a Limassol primary school has grown from 27 Covid-19 cases to 35, the health ministry said on Friday, including teachers and pupils. The ministry called on parents not ...

Three businesses were fined a total of €1,500 in Nicosia and Limassol for violating coronavirus measures, police said on Friday. One kiosk and one betting shop in Nicosia were booked for €500 ...

Cyprus has fallen back to the red list compiled weekly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) after having been in the orange category for two weeks. ...

An urgent bill updating a 1932 law on infectious diseases was submitted to parliament on Thursday but received a cool reception from opposition MPS. Aiming to protect public health, contain the ...

Sweden has extended the pause of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 30 and younger due to rare heart-related side-effects, the public health agency said on Thursday. The health agency said ...

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 ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective at preventing infection and symptomatic disease from the Delta variant among 12- to 18-year-olds, research conducted in Israel shows. The findings, published ...

Concerns over Delta+ have garnered international headlines and on Thursday local epidemiologist Dr Michalis Voniatis warned that “it’s just a matter of time until it reaches Cyprus.” In statements ...

One business and 16 individuals were booked for violating coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours, police said on Thursday morning. According to police, the business concerned a kiosk, whose owner was ...

Children who contract a mild case of COVID-19 may not develop antibodies to the virus afterward, a study from Australia suggests. Researchers compared 57 children and 51 adults with mild COVID-19 or ...

The health ministry announced that on Saturday it will be carrying out vaccinations against Covid-19 in mountainous areas, to help residents of these areas wishing to get the jab. The ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 143 new cases were announced on Wednesday out of 46,367 PCR and rapid tests. The deaths were two men, aged 57 and 68. The number of deaths is now ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Wednesday gave instructions for thorough investigation of coronavirus cases in schools to track in time possible transmission chains after one with 27 cases was detected in ...