#coronavirus

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 deputy ministry of technology said on Thursday that national rules governing the CovScan app which allows the public and businesses to verify the validity of the EU digital covid ...

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 ...

Unvaccinated nurses will have the opportunity to attend seminars aimed at putting their minds at ease as regards any concerns they may have on getting jabbed against Covid-19, it was ...

Brazilian senators investigating the handling of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak have dropped a recommendation from their draft report that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with genocide and homicide, instead ...

A total of 21 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 ...

The National Health Service is close to the edge of being overwhelmed in many parts of Britain and pressure is only going to increase as winter approaches, the head of ...

Three Nicosia-based businesses were fined a total of €5,000 for violating coronavirus protocols in 24 hours, police said on Wednesday. According to the police announcement, a cafeteria owner was booked for €4,000 for ...

A Limassol primary school will close until the end of the week after a cluster of Covid cases was discovered, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Limassol school board president Dinos Ellinas ...

The health ministry announced 181 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Tuesday. As there were no deaths, the death toll remains 564, of whom 358 were men and 206 women. There are 61 ...

The health ministry on Tuesday issued updated instructions regarding Covid-19 positive cases and their contacts. Managing positive cases Any person who tests positive with a rapid or PCR test must ...

A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral drugs for patients with mild symptoms for as ...

Moscow’s mayor announced four months of stay-home restrictions for unvaccinated over-60s on Tuesday and the Russian government proposed a week-long workplace shutdown as the national death toll from ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) is by the side of patients, its Chief Executive Officer said on Tuesday as he announced the pandemic had cost the island’s health service ...

Health ministry sources on Tuesday said that 6,772 people’s SafePasses are no longer valid as policy shifted on Monday to exclude those who failed to return for a second Covid ...

A total of 23 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 ...