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New local COVID-19 infections more than doubled in China’s southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, prompting officials to quickly roll out measures including travel restrictions to ...

Britain‘s top medical advisers on Monday recommended that all 12 to 15-year-olds receive a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, citing the benefit on avoiding disruption to education after a ...

Two countries – Austria and Croatia – have been downgraded from the Orange to Red category for arrivals to Cyprus as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, the health ...

Britain’s biggest airport Heathrow said on Monday passenger numbers were still 71 per cent lower in August compared to the same month before the COVID-19 pandemic, as it demanded that ...

A health official on Monday sounded the alarm concerning Covid cases in 24-hour facilities as more nuns tested positive for coronavirus in a Larnaca-based nunnery. Eleven out of the 12 nuns ...

A Larnaca-based supermarket was fined €8,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass while an employee was found without a facemask, police said on Monday. The business was among six ...

New Zealand extended a strict lockdown in its largest city on Monday, requiring 1.7 million people living in Auckland to remain indoors for at least another week to snuff out small ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday that there had been no new deaths from Covid but that 100 people had tested positive from 43,478 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.23 ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday 27 sites where people can get a free rapid test on Monday. Those eligible for the free tests are people up until the age of 17 ...

Vaccination coverage in adults across Cyprus with the first dose, has reached almost 80 per cent, the health ministry said on Sunday. Specifically, where people 18 and over are concerned, 79.8 per cent ...

The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and that 136 more had tested positive from 70,628 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.19 per cent. The death ...

More than 2,000 Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Saturday against official coronavirus-related mandates including vaccinations, tests and masks, responding to new government measures and an inoculation push. In Turkey’s largest ...

A total of 47 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

Six nuns and three priests are among the 117 people being treated in hospitals for coronavirus, state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Saturday. “A surge is spreading in ...

Premier League clubs that had prevented players from Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Paraguay from travelling to participate in World Cup matches will be allowed to play them this weekend after ...

Seven businesses and 16 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus protocols as part of 3,688 nationwide checks carried out between 6am on Friday and 6am on Saturday, police said. A police spokesperson ...

Europe’s no-frills airlines are heralding a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grab market share from traditional carriers struggling to emerge from the pandemic, but each will have to overcome significant challenges ...

One person has died from Covid-19 and 142 new infections were detected after 56,668 tests, a positivity rate of 0.25 per cent, the health ministry said Friday. Forty-one people were in serious or ...

A total of 52 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

BioNTech is set to request approval across the globe to use its COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as five over the next few weeks and preparations for a launch ...

The Legal Service has given specific directions for how investigations into two doctors who allegedly issued fake vaccination certificates are to proceed it was announced on Friday that nine patients ...

Police on Friday said they fined four businesses a total of €13,250 for violating coronavirus protocols as part of 2,700 nationwide checks carried out in the 24 hours up to 6am. The largest ...

Moderna Inc said on Thursday it is developing a single vaccine that combines a booster dose against COVID-19 with its experimental flu shot. The company hopes to eventually add vaccines ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced three more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing tracked 174 positives. The decedents were a man aged 99 and a woman aged 74 who passed away on Wednesday ...