Meeting to review Covid measures in schools
Coronavirus measures in schools will be evaluated during a meeting on Monday afternoon with the ministers of health and education. Educational organisations, parents’ confederations and...
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Coronavirus: 28 positives from test to stay programme in schools (Updated)
The health ministry announced that 28 students tested positive on Thursday after more than 2,000 close contacts got tested as part of the ‘test to...
Coronavirus: Parents demand consultation over virus measures
Parents of primary school children on Wednesday castigated authorities for lack of consultation on key decisions regarding coronavirus health protocols and called for urgent talks...
Coronavirus: Ministry proud of ‘ground-breaking’ test to stay (updated)
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday said if the “ground-breaking” test to stay policy is successful at schools, the measure could be expanded to other...
Coronavirus: Teachers claim exhaustion over changing measures as test to stay measure starts (updated)
Teachers complained on Monday they were exhausted with all the changing measures they have to adapt to over coronavirus as the test-to-stay measures started in...
Union complains of overcrowded Paphos schools
Overcrowding is forcing Paphos schools to share facilities and new schools need to be built urgently, district president of the teacher’s union (Oelmek) Giorgos Yiallouris...
Coronavirus: Test to stay kicks off in schools on Monday
A test to stay programme aimed at allowing children who are coronavirus contacts but not infected with Covid-19 to go to school, kicks off on...
Coronavirus: Government mulls expanding ‘test to stay’ into other sectors
The government is thinking of expanding the ‘test to stay’ programme to other population groups as a step towards learning to live with the virus,...
Coronavirus: Opening of schools in the balance as cases surge (update 4)
The imminent reopening of schools hangs in the balance amid concerns, shared by teachers’ unions and pediatricians on Monday, that sending children back to class...
Coronavirus: Paphos parents concerned over measures at schools
Covid measures at schools must not disrupt learning for unvaccinated or pupils who have tested positive, the federation of Paphos secondary school parents’ associations said...
