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Five deaths from Covid-19 and 1,056 new cases were reported on Monday out of 69, 464 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.52 per cent. The deaths were four men, aged 35, 66, 77 and 88. ...

Three lawyers representing some of the persons arrested over Sunday evening’s disturbances were themselves placed under arrest and detained after coming forth to represent their clients, the Cyprus Mail ...

A total of 35,361 residents in Cyprus boarded a flight from the island to go abroad in June 2021, an increase of over 200 per cent compared to the same month last year, ...

The health ministry announced a total of 59 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Tuesday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Increased traffic at vaccination centres nationwide was recorded on Monday according to the Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas, following the announcement of incentives to people who have not yet received the ...

The health ministry on Monday issued new country guidelines for travel, downgrading Malta from Green to Red and the Netherlands and Luxembourg from Orange to Red, among others. The changes ...

Rolling out stricter measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus will depend on hospitalisations, a member of the government advisory committee said on Monday. Professor of Microbiology and Molecular ...

London clubbers on Monday flocked to one of the first rule-free live music events since the pandemic began last year, dancing through the night and rejoicing in human interaction as ...

Revolutionary method uses a bacterial immune system to detect Covid There is an urgent need for inexpensive new technologies which enable fast and reliable detection of viruses. The coronavirus pandemic ...

The health ministry announced one more death and said that 858 more people had tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday from 70,809 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.21 per cent. ...

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday outside the presidential palace in Nicosia to protest against the blanket introduction of the SafePass as of Tuesday. The crowd at Human Rights Square ...

The testing sites for Monday are as follows: Province Sampling points Hours Limassol (15 points) “Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol 7.30 am-7.30 pm TEPAK “Tassou Papadopoulos” Building, Agia Zoni (Iphigenia and Themidos Corner) 8.30 ...

Seven months since launching its vaccination programme and having surpassed its original goal of a 65 per cent vaccination rate, the health ministry is now focusing on streamlining and facilitating the ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos in a circular to churches on Sunday, again urged young people to get vaccinated for the good of the country. “The rights of many cannot be violated by ...

There was no music and no dancing on Greece’s famed party island Mykonos on Sunday as new rules to contain the spread of COVID-19 pushed tourists to cancel holidays ...

The health ministry announced 928 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday out of 72,874 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.27 per cent. No deaths from the virus were reported, but ...

The Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEV) on Saturday asked President Nicos Anastasiades to apply the latest SafePass measures to all businesses whatever their size. OEV head Antonios Antoniou said ...

The government’s incentives package for young people to get vaccinated offers everything from gift cards to plane tickets, but actually securing some of the perks appears quite tricky. The ...

British health minister Sajid Javid on Saturday said he had tested positive for COVID-19, but that his symptoms were mild and he had had two doses of vaccine against the ...

The health ministry on Saturday said it will be opening telephone lines to facilitate the rescheduling of vaccination appointments for those who missed their appointments for the second dose of ...

Half a million people will have been vaccinated after Saturday’s numbers are added, while just over 60 per cent of the population is now fully vaccinated, the health ministry said ...

Britain said on Friday that it was scrapping a planned easing of coronavirus rules for travellers from France, which had been due to take effect on Monday, because of the ...

Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Saturday a person has tested positive for Covid-19 at the athletes’ village, the first case at a site where most competitors will be staying, raising ...

After recording more than 1,000 new cases for three consecutive days, the health ministry on Friday announced one death, 953 new infections and a positivity rate of 1.31 per cent. The death concerns ...