#coronavirus

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 ...

The health ministry has announced 46 rapid testing sites for Tuesday. People need to present proof of identity to get tested, such as ID, passport, or driver’s licence. District Locations ...

Scientists warned people on Monday not to become complacent about protection from the coronavirus because of the high vaccination numbers, as the highly transmissible Delta variant made achieving herd immunity ...

The health ministry on Monday issued new country guidelines for travel, downgrading Sweden and Belgium from Orange to Red, among others, and Austria, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Norway from Green to ...

Australia’s biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, while residents in Melbourne face a nightly curfew and a further two weeks of ...

The health ministry announced there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 but said 165 people tested positive from 14,008 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.18 per cent. The death ...

Police said on Sunday that in the preceding 24hours they had carried out 6,105 checks islandwide looking for Covid violators. Most of the violations concerned not wearing a mask or being ...

All 16- and 17-year-olds in England will be offered their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by Aug. 23, according to a target set by British Health Secretary Sajid Javid. Javid said on ...

One death from coronavirus and 401 new positives cases were announced on Saturday, out of 54,496 PCR and rapid tests. The positivity rate is 0.74 per cent. The death was of a woman, ...

A 53-year-old Larnaca-based doctor was remanded for another five days on Saturday on suspicion of issuing fake Covid vaccination certificates to his patients. Larnaca district court remanded the doctor for ...

Australian police hiked fines for people breaking lockdown rules in Sydney and the rest of its home state on Saturday and strict stay-at-home orders were extended statewide amid a record ...

A 21-year-old restaurant employee was arrested for showing a fake SafePass to officers early on Saturday during daily checks for violations of coronavirus measures. Police were conducting checks at a ...

The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and that 419 more had tested positive from 54,173 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.77 per cent. The death ...

Reluctant French people lined up to get vaccinated as authorities were set to get tougher on the mandatory health pass for entering restaurants, trains and public places. From this week, ...

The government has come up with a temporary arrangement for Turkish Cypriots to obtain an EU green pass. Turkish Cypriots currently face problems as regards travel abroad since the vaccination ...