Coronavirus: some positives leave mandatory isolation earlier than they should
Some people who test positive for Covid-19 fail to comply with the 14-day compulsory self-isolation period, the health ministry said on Thursday in an announcement...
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Coronavirus: cabinet decrees self-isolation for arrivals from category A and B countries
The cabinet on Wednesday decreed that all passengers from category A and B countries arriving in Cyprus must self-isolate for 72 hours and take a...
My stay in a Covid colony
Asymptomatic, bored and craving salt, Kyriacos Iacovides describes his stint in isolation after returning from the UK with coronavirus. I arrived from the UK on...
Coronavirus: strict instructions for people under home restriction
The health ministry has issued instructions for people placed under home restriction. According to the ministry, these include individuals who have returned from a category...
Those with the gift of time should be grateful and learn to use it wisely
By Joanna Colocassides Greetings, fellow inmates, fellow (non) travellers, fellow isolated people, fellow partners-in-isolation. Take your pick! There’s definitely something to be said about this...
How to think straight during a crisis
By Edward Chancellor Everyone is an epidemiologist in a lockdown. As former UK Supreme Court justice Jonathan Sumption told the BBC, “it is the right...
UK placed back into Category 2, mandatory self-isolation
The United Kingdom has been placed back on the list of Category 2 of with respect to measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, according...
UDI more a hindrance than a help to Turkish Cypriots
By Alper Ali Riza The UDI party is over. The parade and fly past are over too. Until next year when the whole charade...
Government unhappy with UNSG report
The government on Thursday expressed “strong displeasure” over the UN Secretary General’s report on the international organisation’s operation in Cyprus, which failed to cite Turkey’s...
Obama toughens line on Putin over Ukraine at G20 summit
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Russia would remain isolated by the international community if President Vladimir Putin continued to violate international law...