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Two coronavirus patients are bring treated in the Paphos general hospital Covid ward after it reopened for the second time during the coronavirus pandemic this week to help relieve the ...

Sydney’s poorest neighbourhoods on Friday braced for military enforcement of the city’s toughest and longest lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic as the infection numbers held persistently high five ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Elias Hazou The cabinet may on Friday further tighten the grip on unvaccinated individuals by expanding the enforcement of the SafePass to include businesses with a ...

Authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while the number of positives from testing came to 655, for a positivity rate of 0.96 per cent. The four latest deaths ...

EU Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides on Thursday praised the government’s initiative to introduce walk-in vaccination centres, calling it an “excellent idea”. The Commissioner visited the Ayia Napa walk-in ...

Greece’s south Aegean islands were marked ‘dark red’ on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s COVID-19 map on Thursday after a rise in infections, meaning all ...

Israel will begin offering a third shot of the Pfizer/Biontech COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60, Israel’s Kan public radio and Channel 13 TV said on Thursday. The campaign, a ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Friday. People need to present an ID or other form of identification to get tested. District Testing Site Operating Hours Limassol (18 ...

More than 8,000 people have been vaccinated through the walk-in centres so far with officials on Thursday expressing belief that the goal of an 80 per cent vaccination rate will be achieved ...

Reports indicate that the enforcement of the SafePass is likely to widen, set to encompass businesses with fewer than 20 people – likely including kiosks and mini-markets. The Cyprus News Agency cited ...

Second-quarter sales of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine more than tripled to $894 million from the previous three months, but the drugmaker once again delayed its US application for approval. The vaccine ...

The debate over how to proceed, if at all, with the vaccination of children and young teenagers will be top of the agenda at Thursday’s meeting amongst the government’...

Though a record number of 42 patients are presently in intensive care units (ICUs), the situation in state hospitals remains manageable, spokesperson for state health services organisation (Okypy), Charalambos Charilaou said ...

Australia’s biggest city Sydney posted a record one-day rise in local COVID-19 cases on Thursday and warned the outbreak would get worse, as authorities sought military help to enforce ...

The total number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic reached over 100,000 on Wednesday when 769 new cases announced. Two deaths were also reported. The total number of positive ...

England will allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and United States to arrive without needing to quarantine from next week, in a huge and long-awaited boost for airlines ...

Two members of the Cyprus’ Olympic games delegation who had tested positive for coronavirus tested negative in a second test, the head of the Cypriot delegation Andreas Theofylaktou said on ...

By Emma Batha From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the Covid-19 pandemic is creating a mountain of plastic medical waste that is polluting the land ...

A total of 63 free rapid testing locations will operate across the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced. The sites aim to facilitate the mandatory testing of employees who have ...

People who are not registered in the national health scheme (Gesy) will be able to get vaccinated for free against Covid-19 at the walk-in vaccination centres starting Friday August 6, the ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants U.S. citizens to come to England “freely” and is discussing a travel corridor with the United States, LBC radio said on Wednesday, before an ...

An inhaled version of CanSino Biologics’ (CanSinoBIO) COVID-19 vaccine triggered immune responses without serious side effects, an early-stage clinical trial showed. The two-dose candidate requires lower dosages than the injected ...

The Australian city of Sydney extended a lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday after an already protracted stay-at-home order failed to douse a COVID-19 outbreak, with the authorities warning of ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on Wednesday expected to approve the reopening of England’s doors to double-vaccinated tourists from the European Union and the United States, Financial Times ...