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Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela and members of the scientific committee on Tuesday will review the pandemic situation in Cyprus following the new outbreak in China,...
China’s Zhejiang province has 1 million daily Covid cases, expected to double
The eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang is battling around 1 million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the...
EU to move away from emergency phase of Covid pandemic – document (Updated)
The European Commission is set to say the EU has entered a new post-emergency phase of the pandemic in which testing should be targeted and...
Coronavirus: New relaxation of measures in place as of Monday
Easing of coronavirus restrictions takes effect on Monday morning, including abolition of the mandatory requirement for outdoor face mask use, while SafePasses are no longer...
Coronavirus: New relaxations take effect Tuesday
A revised plan for Covid-19 restrictions is in effect as of Tuesday. The plan includes more establishments to be considered short-stay and low risk, therefore,...
Coronavirus: Parents reverse decision to keep kids out of lessons
Parents revoked a decision to keep their children from school for one teaching period on Monday to protest the new measures saying they have submitted...
Coronavirus: Traffic at bars and nightclubs dropped to 20-30 per cent
Saying that reduced traffic is recorded at bars and nightclubs, the association of recreation centres (Osika) on Sunday called on the state to support the...
Coronavirus: Cabinet eases some Covid restrictions (updated)
Cabinet on Friday approved some easing of coronavirus measures allowing more people at football matches and in theatres, cinemas, restaurants, and events. Given the possibility...
Coronavirus: Probe after €14m wrongly given to companies for Covid relief
The finance ministry has ordered an administrative probe into an apparent foul-up that saw €14.3 million in coronavirus-related relief provided by the government end up...
Our View: Unrelenting Covid doom and gloom must end
News that the UK government decided to keep Cyprus on its amber list dashed the hopes of the tourism industry for a boost to business...