#coronavirus

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ‘...

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, ...

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 ...

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Monday their COVID-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response in 5 to 11 year olds, and they plan to ask for regulatory authorization as soon ...

Lawmakers on Monday began reviewing the government’s request to spend an additional €91 million, the lion’s share of which will go to continuing support to businesses as well as ...

The health ministry announced the list of the rapid testing sites, 21 in total for Tuesday. To get tested, people need to present an ID, passport of a driver’s licence. ...

Members of the public aged over 65 are expected to be invited to book a third Covid vaccine dose from next week, the ministry of health said on Monday. Technical issues ...

Police on Monday fined four businesses a total of €2,250 for violating coronavirus protocols as part of 4,213 nationwide checks. The checks were carried out between 6am on Sunday and 6am on ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but that 94 people had tested positive from 40,586 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent. ...

A total of 23 citizens and 14 establishment owners were fined for violation of Covid-19 protective measures in the last 24 hours. A police spokesperson told CNA that 3,809 checks were carried out in ...

Exact function of EU-funded programme will be clarified soon, no approval given at this stage for clinical trials in Cyprus No clinical trials with coronavirus vaccines have taken place to ...

Presenting the state budget for 2022 to the Council of Ministers last Wednesday, Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides informed his colleagues that the public sector wage bill will rise by 3.2 per ...

The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that 140 more had tested positive from 53,472 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.26 per cent. The deaths ...