#coronavirus

A total of 48 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

All university students in Cyprus will be required to present a SafePass while unvaccinated university students are likely to need a PCR rather than a rapid test, prompting objections from ...

Former world number one Simona Halep says she is no longer afraid of COVID-19 after getting vaccinated and has called on others within the sport to get the vaccine to ...

Even though daily coronavirus infections seem to be stabilising, widening vaccination coverage is key to avoiding a difficult September, member of the advisory team on coronavirus Petros Karayiannis said on ...

A second high dependency unit has been in operation at Famagusta Hospital to meet increased needs for Covid-19 patients since last week, its scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni told the Cyprus ...

Α hotel in Paphos was fined €3000 after an employee was found to be working without wearing a mask and was not in possession of a SafePass, police said on Wednesday. Moreover, ...

New Zealand‘s city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life in lockdown for the first time in six months in a bid to halt ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham announced on Tuesday that they have developed a new Covid-19 test capable of providing reliable results in less than 10 minutes,. The test was first ...

Turkish Cypriots who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 and want to travel abroad will be able to obtain an EU Digital Covid Certificate from noon on Wednesday, the government said ...

Three deaths and 412 new positive cases of Covid-19 were announced on Tuesday. Three women aged 81, 71 and 92 passed away since Monday, bringing total deaths to 464. There are 232 coronavirus patients in hospitals, 92 ...

A total of 37 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Since Sunday, free rapid testing for the ...

The UK’s health regulator has approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 17 years, it said on Tuesday, weeks after Pfizer’s shot was given the ...

Free walk-in vaccination centres might operate at schools over the next academic year to promote children’s vaccination against coronavirus while all students will be required to present a SafePass, ...

The three small children with coronavirus including week-old newborn remain in good health, the assistant director of paediatrics at the Makarios Children’s Hospital Marianna Kousparou said on Tuesday. Answering ...

The chairman of the Cyprus Respiratory Society expressed concern Tuesday over the high number of Covid patients in intensive care (ICU) and the possibility of the situation worsening with the ...

With just a few dozen Covid -19 deaths and one of the world’s highest vaccination rates, Singapore wants to reopen for business – and is laying the groundwork to live ...

The European Commission has approved a €1billion Cypriot scheme to support enterprises and self-employed individuals in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid ...

World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas said he would only get the COVID-19 vaccine if it became mandatory to compete in tennis. While the men’s ATP Tour has publicly encouraged ...

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the nation under strict lockdown on Tuesday after one new case of the coronavirus was reported in its largest city of Auckland, ...

GlaxoSmithKline and its partner CureVac have seen promising test results for its “second-generation” vaccine which targets Covid-19 and variants in one shot. GSK and CureVac teamed up in February in ...

A seven-day old baby is among three children hospitalised with coronavirus in Makario hospital, it emerged late on Monday. Doctors described the baby’s condition as good despite some fever. ...

Five deaths from coronavirus and 381 new cases were announced by the health ministry on Monday, out of 44,374 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.84. A 70-year-old woman died on ...

The government is expected to announce on Tuesday the e-mail address through which Turkish Cypriots vaccinated against Covid-19 who plan to travel abroad can obtain an EU Digital Covid Certificate. ...

The number of Russian tourists to Cyprus fell 43.1 per cent in the first six months of the year compared with the same period in 2019, it was reported on Monday, quoting ...