Sydney in two-week hard Covid-19 lockdown
Sydney and some surrounding areas will enter a hard two-week COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday as authorities struggle to control a fast-spreading outbreak of the highly...
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UK to speed up vaccinations, warns Indian variant may delay full reopening
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain would accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination programme, to try to contain a fast-spreading variant first identified in India...
Coronavirus: Cabinet introduces Coronapass after lockdown ends, no more SMSs (updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday night decided to reopen most closed businesses and to introduce a so-called Coronapass for people to be allowed into hospitality venues,...
Cypriots have built up savings during lockdowns
Cypriots have built up their savings amid the lockdowns that began last year, recently released data show. Data released by the Central Bank show that,...
Coronavirus: lockdown to be reviewed in next couple of days
Clarifications regarding people’s movement after the lockdown is lifted on May 10 will be announced in the upcoming days, the health ministry said on Tuesday....
Lockdowns force political parties to rethink campaign strategies
The current restrictions and measures in place against the spread of the virus have severely affected the political parties’ campaigning strategies for the upcoming parliamentary...
Coronavirus: one-off lump sum for businesses and workers forced into lockdown
The government on Wednesday announced a €120m financial aid package for businesses and workers affected by the restrictions imposed by the government in a bid...
Coronavirus: tourists ‘living it up’ sparks ire of locked-down residents
What is it like being a tourist in Cyprus, just as a strict two-week lockdown was announced, and why are some locals angry? Pictures of...
Coronavirus: Cyprus enters two-week lockdown as hospital admissions surge
Cyprus has entered a lockdown again in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus on the island and contain hospital admissions. The new lockdown...
Coronavirus: Demonstrations outside presidential palace and police HQ
Around 50 people gathered outside the presidential palace on Sunday to demonstrate against vaccines, police said on Sunday. The demonstration took place between 12-1pm from...
Coronavirus: Businesses hit by new lockdown call for more help
Unions asked for more help on Saturday for the businesses that will be hit by the new lockdown that will come into effect on Monday,...
Coronavirus: ministry issues more detail on lockdown diktats
The health ministry on Friday released a list of clarifications following the new lockdown announced earlier in the day. According to the ministry, private and...
Coronavirus: Lockdown ‘remains on the table’ (Updated)
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday a lockdown “is a scenario that remains on the table” should the number of daily Covid-19 cases and...
Japan to extend Tokyo area state of emergency to March 21
The Japanese government plans to extend a state of emergency to combat COVID-19 for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures until March 21, two weeks longer than originally...
Greece extends lockdown to more areas to stem spread of pandemic
Greece extended lockdown restrictions on Friday to more areas of the country as the COVID-19 pandemic showed no signs of waning exactly one year after...
Locked down and lonely, London Zoo faces fight to survive (with pics)
London Zoo should be teeming with children released from school by half-term holidays. But instead, the monkeys’ pranks are unobserved, King Cobra is coiled friendless...
Greece extends lockdown to more regions to contain Covid-19 pandemic
Greece on Friday extended the full lockdown imposed on metropolitan Athens earlier this week to more regions of the country in a bid to contain...
Greece tightens lockdown curfew to stem spread of Covid-19 infections
Greece on Friday tightened lockdown restrictions in parts of the country including capital Athens to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, after a surge...
Journaling the lockdown
While diaries can be intensely private, one shared project aims to bring people together by reflecting on what we are all going through Ah...
Coronavirus: Pilli says north lockdown will stem surge in cases
Ali Pilli, the north’s ‘health minister’, said that the lockdown will help stem the surge of coronavirus cases – but he also criticised the mass...