FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 booster for older and at-risk Americans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and older, all people at high risk of severe ...
Coronavirus: Where to get tested on Thursday
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 ...
Germany won’t pay unvaccinated workers in quarantine
German health authorities are planning new rules under which unvaccinated workers would not receive compensation for lost pay if coronavirus measures forced them to quarantine, according to a draft decision ...
Coronavirus: Age of hospital patients rising (updated)
Admissions at Famagusta general hospital are falling but the average age of patients is rising, the facility’s scientific director said on Wednesday as walk-in centres opened for third doses.
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Coronavirus: Virus treatment focus of health commissioner visit
Promising therapies against Covid-19 are to be the central message during EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides’ visit to Cyprus this week.
She has said that vaccinations are not the only ...
Rise in operations prompts urgent call for blood donations (Updated)
The health ministry on Wednesday sounded the alarm regarding a general lack of blood supplies in hospitals in Cyprus.
According to an official statement, the need for blood in the ...
Coronavirus: Delta remains dominant variant
Delta variant of coronavirus remained dominant between late June and September 12, the health ministry said on Wednesday, being detected in all the recently tested samples.
The Β.1.617.2 variant was detected in 100 ...
Coronavirus: Cafe fined €16,000
A cafeteria in Nicosia was fined €16,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass, as part of daily checks for coronavirus measures that saw eight more businesses and 21 individuals booked, ...
Coronavirus: Antibody tests alone cannot determine Covid immunity
Covid-19 antibody tests provide “useful information” but cannot be solely relied upon to show a person has built immunity against the virus, experts reiterated on Tuesday as their use is ...
Coronavirus: Cases in prison means those on remand held in police cells
People on remand and defendants receiving custodial sentences will be temporarily held at police stations after several coronavirus infections were detected in the central prisons, police there confirmed on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus: No deaths, 117 new cases (updated)
No deaths from coronavirus were recorded on Tuesday, while 117 new cases were found.
The total death toll remains at 548.
Meanwhile, 94 patients are in hospital being treated for Covid, of which 39 ...
J&J says second shot boosts protection to 94%
Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a second shot of its COVID-19 vaccine given about two months after the first increased its effectiveness to 94% in the United States against moderate to ...
EU says people with AZ shots should be able to travel to US
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would make sense for the United States to allow travel by people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots, although existing U.S. guidance ...
Coronavirus: Pupils to get day off school for jab, measures extended until October 8
Pupils aged 12 to 17 due to receive either dose of an anti-Covid vaccine will be entitled to take the day off school on the day of their vaccination, cabinet decided on ...
Coronavirus: Where eligible groups can get free rapid test on Wednesday
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 ...
Coronavirus: Voluntary testing at primary schools from Wednesday
The health ministry on Tuesday announced the operation of mobile rapid testing units at primary schools for voluntary coronavirus testing of children.
The units will operate on a weekly basis ...
Calls grow among experts in Singapore for a vaccine mandate as Covid -19 spikes
Some health experts in Singapore are calling for mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus with a growing toll of severe COVID-19 among unvaccinated people as infections surge and with vaccine take-up ...
Coronavirus: Five businesses, 28 people fined after 3,092 checks
Police said on Tuesday they fined five businesses and 28 individuals for violating coronavirus protocols after 3,092 nationwide checks.
Most checks, which were carried out between 6am on Monday and 6am on ...
Vaccine skeptic Bolsonaro gets a pass at UN but not New York restaurants
Unvaccinated heads of state attending the United Nation General Assembly this week may have to settle for a piece of pizza on a sidewalk instead of fine dining at New ...
Significant increase in staff shortages
Business leaders as well as trade unions say the labour market is still struggling to settle after the turbulence caused by the coronavirus-related closures and other measures, pointing to a ...
Coronavirus: One death, 156 new cases (Updated)
One death from Covid-19 and 156 new cases were announced on Monday.
The death was of a woman aged 92 who died on September 19.
The health ministry said 64, 474 PCR and rapid tests ...
Coronavirus: Negative test for jabbed to visit north may be scrapped
The presentation of a negative coronavirus test for the vaccinated when crossing between the government-controlled areas and the north may soon be scrapped.
Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday that ‘...
US will re-open to international travellers with vaccine requirements
The United States will re-open to air passengers from China, India, Britain and many other European countries who have received COVID-19 vaccines in early November, the White House said Monday, ...
Coronavirus: Push to boost jabs in vaccine-wary Larnaca
Larnaca is to press forward with a renewed vaccination campaign as officials fret over the district’s coverage, which is about ten per cent lower than the rest of the ...