Three jailed after caught playing football during lockdown
Three men in their 20s received prison sentences on Tuesday for physically assaulting police officers who spotted them playing football against regulations during the first...
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Coronavirus: Most students report were unhappy during lockdowns
Most students in Cyprus said they were unhappy when schools were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic leading them to an increased internet use, a...
Coronavirus: Local advisers perplexed at draconian Shanghai lockdown
The situation in Shanghai is extreme, local epidemiologist and state Covid-19 adviser Michalis Voniatis said on Friday, referring to shocking scenes emerging from China’s strict...
Cannabis most used drug during lockdown
Cannabis was the most used drug in Cyprus during the restrictions against the spread of Covid-19, while there has been a drop in the use...
Lockdown helped kids with asthma study shows
Children with asthma showed short-term improvement of their symptoms during the lockdown imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus in spring last year, a...
Coronavirus: Anastasiades warns unvaccinated will not drive island back into lockdown
Some people will inevitably have to be excluded from activities to avoid a full lockdown, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday, warning that “stubbornness” will...
Sydney finally reopens but unvaccinated remain in lockdown
Unvaccinated to remain in lockdown until Dec 1 Sydney’s cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers on Monday after nearly four months of...
Sydney lockdown extended statewide, fines hiked as Australia faces ‘worst’ Covid episode
Australian police hiked fines for people breaking lockdown rules in Sydney and the rest of its home state on Saturday and strict stay-at-home orders were...
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...
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...
