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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 ...

The health ministry announced six deaths from Covid-19 and 791 new cases on Tuesday. Three men and three women died, bringing total deaths to 410. Since the start of the pandemic 269 men ...

The findings of a probe into complaints against police violence during a protest in Nicosia last February against the restrictive pandemic measures were delivered on Tuesday to the independent committee ...

Nicosia district court on Tuesday denied a motion that it temporarily suspend restrictive measures – including the SafePass – until such time as it rules definitively on the substance in a class-action ...

The health ministry announced a total of 63 locations islandwide that will provide free coronavirus rapid testing to residents on Wednesday. The sites aim to assist the mandatory testing of employees ...

The end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain could be just months away as vaccines have so dramatically reduced the risk of severe disease and death, Imperial College epidemiologist Neil ...

Members of the hospitality venues association (Pasyka) on Tuesday reiterated their position that SafePass checks should be carried out by relevant officials, after a Limassol-based restaurant owner was assaulted with ...

Rector of Frederick University, professor George Demosthenous, explains how the university adapted successfully to the Covid era and what the university has to offer What changes were made at the ...

A total of 25.7 per cent of teenagers aged 16 to 17 have received at least one dose of an anti-Covid vaccine while 63.5 per cent of adults have completed their vaccination, the health ...

Paphos District Post Office will remain closed on Tuesday due to a Covid -19 incident, Cyprus Post said on Tuesday.

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department both warned against travel to Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Kyrgyzstan because of a rising number of Covid-19 cases ...

Israel is considering giving a third shot of the Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to its elderly population even before FDA approval in order to help fend off the ...