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One of the government’s scientific advisory team has said he is concerned over mass gatherings during the upcoming August 15 holidays and advised people to be careful in overcrowded places. ...

Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters drove a convoy of cars and motorcycles through the capital of Bangkok on Tuesday, amid rising anger over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic by ...

Fans attending Premier League games are set to face random spot checks of their COVID-19 status at some stadiums in the opening weeks of the new season. Ticket holders should ...

According to the health ministry, data until August 9, showed that the percentage of first-dose jabs stood at 75.8 per cent and the number of fully vaccinated (18+) reached 68.5 per cent. Vaccination coverage ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said the government’s main aim is to reopen all schools in September to allow students to come back normally and physically attend their classes. “The ...

Police fined 32 people citizens and two business for violations of Covid measures during 4,096 checks islandwide in the past 24 hours. In Nicosia police carried out 1,752 checks and fined four people and ...

Australian authorities on Tuesday vowed to crank up policing of anti-COVID lockdown rules in Sydney, but dismissed suggestions that tougher measures, including a curfew, were needed after the city reported ...

Three deaths from coronavirus and 446 new cases were announced on Monday, out of 42,427 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.05 per cent. The deaths were two men, aged 61 and 72, ...

Police are investigating five cases relating to fake Covid vaccination cards allegedly issued by doctors, the health minister said on Monday, as the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) was seeking to ...

Famagusta district court set September 13 as the date for the court case of Nava club, which was suspended on Friday night, after serious violations of the rules taken to stop ...

The health ministry has announced 48 state rapid testing sites for Tuesday People need to present proof of identity to get tested, such as ID, passport or driver’s licence. District ...

Three countries were downgraded from the Green to Orange category and another three from Orange to Red following the health ministry’s latest epidemiological risk assessment published on Monday. The ...

Patients with fake vaccination certificates were treated for coronavirus at the Famagusta hospital, its scientific director Amalia Hadjyianni told CNA on Monday, adding that there has been a relative stabilisation ...

Australia currently has drugs that treat the symptoms of COVID, and drugs that have been repurposed from other diseases. Now the government has placed an early order for a new ...

Four businesses and 34 individuals were reported for failing to adhere to coronavirus protocols after 3,557 checks over the last 24 hours, police said on Monday. Two establishments and five people were booked ...

Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales expanded its COVID-19 lockdown to the rural town of Tamworth on Monday due to concerns the virus may have spread from ...

There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, ...

Three deaths from Covid-19 and 389 new positive cases were announced on Sunday by the health ministry. The deaths were two men aged 83 and 93 and a woman, 71. So far 441people have ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 32 in total. People need to present proof of identity to get tested, such as ID, passport or driver’s licence. ...

Eleven businesses and 43 individuals were booked during the past 24 hours for violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said on Sunday. In total 5,700 checks were carried out ...

The economic consequences of a sustained pandemic would be catastrophic. Ioannis Tirkides, chief economist at Bank of Cyprus* The emergence of a new variant, the Delta, and people’s hesitancy ...

Scores of people gathered outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Saturday evening to protest the vaccinations of children. The protest, organised by Foni Laou in cooperation with other groups, ...

One death from coronavirus and 599 new positive cases were announced on Saturday out of 61,883 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.97 per cent. The death was a woman, aged 84, ...

As of Saturday, people found positive for Covid-19, will have to fill out an electronic form if they want to get their release certificates when their quarantine period is completed, ...