#coronavirus

Four deaths from coronavirus and 493 new cases were reported on Monday out of 33,583 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.47 per cent. The deaths were of a woman, aged 81, ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he wanted to get the travel industry moving again with a simple user-friendly system to allow for trips abroad without importing ...

A total of 39 free rapid testing mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Tuesday, the health ministry announced, listing the population groups which will be eligible to visit the ...

Only one country, Liechtenstein, was promoted to the Green category for travel, while several others have been demoted according to the latest epidemiological risk assessment to be in effect from ...

With a new wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide, disease experts are scrambling to learn whether the latest version of coronavirus is making people – ...

Ayia Napa municipality on Monday said a walk-in centre will operate in the area again later this week following last week’s successful run. In collaboration with the health ministry, ...

Private pharmacies on Monday said they will hire additional staff as people formed queues outside pharmacies and labs to get tested for the coronavirus after the health ministry scrapped its ...

By Stavros Nikolaou Famagusta general hospital, which operates as a Reference Hospital for patients with coronavirus, is 100 per cent full, with all 75 beds taken, the Cyprus News Agency reported on ...

Pfizer raised the price of its Covid-19 vaccine by more than a quarter and Moderna by more than a tenth in the latest EU supply contracts, the Financial Times reported ...

As the vaccination portal opened for children aged 12 to 15 on Monday with 830 slots booked by noon, the Cyprus Paediatric Society has filed a complaint with police after members of the ...

Although it just got even harder, a determined but vocal minority are refusing to frequent businesses that require a SafePass Since the introduction of the SafePass and the decree bringing ...

One person died from coronavirus on Sunday while 277 new cases were recorded, the first day that free rapid tests were no longer available to the general public. The total number ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos on Sunday berated people who say having a coronavirus vaccine is like putting the devil in us. “How can the devil go inside us when we have Christ, ...

Testing sites will continue to operate around the island on Monday offering free rapid tests to groups of the population. Rules in place until the end of August mean only ...

Hackers have attacked and shut down the IT systems of the company that manages COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region surrounding Rome, the regional government said on Sunday. “A ...

Police carried out more than 10,000 checks to make sure coronavirus restrictions were being properly adhered to on Friday and Saturday, it announced on Sunday. In total 10.761 checks were carried out ...

Over a quarter of 16 and 17-year-olds had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the ministry of health said on Sunday. In addition, by the end of July 73.8 per ...

As of Sunday free rapid Covid tests for all will no longer be available. Government testing units will still operate but will only offer free tests to certain groups, while ...

1. Where is a SafePass required? In all indoor and outdoor areas as well as in premises where, subject to the distancing measures in accordance with the relevant guidelines and health ...

AT LEAST the streets are still SafePass-free zones, but for how much longer is anyone’s guess. For now, we will not need a safe pass to venture out on ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 527 more positives for Covid-19 on Saturday from an all-time record high of 94,279 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.56 per cent. Saturday ...

Students at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) who are vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19 in the last six months will be included in raffles to win prizes and ...

A total of 48 free rapid testing mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry announced, listing the population groups which will be eligible to visit the ...

The decision to scrap free testing for the unvaccinated was taken to spare the state millions of euros and allocate those funds to support state hospitals, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas ...