hospitals
The health minister met with top officials to set out a plan for ICU capacity while a second high dependency unit has been in operation...
Coronavirus: Concern grows over high ICU numbers and expected September rise in cases
The chairman of the Cyprus Respiratory Society expressed concern Tuesday over the high number of Covid patients in intensive care (ICU) and the possibility of...
Coronavirus: Minister visits busy walk-in jab centre, says unvaccinated should heed message
Hundreds of non-Gesy beneficiaries braved the heat to wait in line at walk-in vaccination centres on Friday as Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas urged members of...
Coronavirus: Booster shots looking more likely for older age groups
Booster shots for the anti-coronavirus vaccine are highly likely as Cyprus is considering following in the footsteps of other EU countries, with members of the...
Coronavirus: Hospital situation ‘tight but still manageable’
By Stavros Nikolaou Though a large number of patients are presently in intensive care units (ICUs), the situation in state hospitals remains manageable, spokesperson for...
Coronavirus: Lack of hospital beds forcing patients to wait at home (Updated)
Health authorities expressed concern on Wednesday over the increasing number of Covid admissions, which appeared to get out of hand, as people were forced to...
Coronavirus: Non-urgent operations cancelled to clear beds for virus patients
The state health services (Okypy) is postponing all non-urgent operations in anticipation of a rise in hospital admissions as a result of the recent surge...
Coronavirus: Covid wards slowly emptying
The state health services (Okypy) on Thursday said that hospital wards previously used for Covid-19 patients were slowly emptying, allowing them to return to their...
Gesy: not perfect but far, far better than what we had before
Despite difficulties and under extremely unfavourable conditions, we managed to fundamentally reform the health sector By Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou The general health...
Coronavirus: Hospital beds freed up for non-virus patients
Hospitals have seen a significant improvement in the past few days, state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. There are currently 150...