#vaccination

Home vaccinations for bedridden people have almost been completed, the health ministry said on Friday, adding the vaccination campaign is proceeding at a satisfactory pace. The ministry said one of ...

Inconsistent information and practices concerning the AstraZeneca vaccine confuse and upset the public, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said following a teleconference on Wednesday evening with his EU counterparts. They met ...

The government vaccine portal crashed a few minutes after opening on Wednesday due to heavy traffic, angering thousands of people who were trying to arrange jab appointments. It was unable ...

Cyprus will soon receive 60,000 vaccine doses which should enable those aged 57 and 58 to book vaccine appointments from Friday or Saturday, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. Ioannou added that ...

Travel agents said on Wednesday they were sounding the alarm as tourism prospects remained in limbo while Cyprus has not yet come up with a strategy to handle the uncertainties ...

The vaccination portal will open for people aged 64 and over on Thursday at 8 am, the health ministry said on Wednesday. A total of 17,814 slots will be available and appointments can ...

The vaccination portal will open on Monday for insulin-dependent diabetics, diabetics with other serious conditions and the obese, the health ministry announced on Friday as it prioritises vaccination coverage among ...

It was nationally too sensitive to let the European Commission procure vaccines for EU states To protect from the virus or from the vaccine, that was the question in Europe ...

By Douglas Busvine and Ludwig Burger The decision by more than a dozen European countries to suspend AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot faced deepening scrutiny on Wednesday, amid concerns the step ...

Paphos medical association said they were expecting a better Covid vaccination plan from the health ministry as a large number of paramedical staff remain unvaccinated. Most private doctors in Paphos ...

Most of the elderly have been vaccinated, so why are so many in hospitals? Even with Cyprus poised to reopen a bit more, the situation in our hospitals due to ...

To date, 103,283 people in Cyprus have received at least one Covid vaccination dose and 29,821 were given both jabs, reports said on Tuesday. Among the 73.462 who received the first dose were 1,345 ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced that the vaccination of people who are not Gesy beneficiaries has started, while also marking the 100,000 vaccinations administered so far. According to the ministry, ...

Cyprus’ decision to allow vaccinated Britons’ entry to the country ahead of the rest of the EU was spurred by the bloc’s reluctance to take a decisive stance on ...

Starting on May 1 British nationals vaccinated against the coronavirus will be allowed entry into Cyprus without any restrictions, deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Thursday. “We have informed the ...

Cyprus’ coronavirus vaccination programme found itself at the centre of domestic political infighting on Thursday, with opposition parties blasting the government for bad planning and Disy countering that vaccinations were ...

The Cyprus Hotel Managers Association (Pasydixe) has called on the government to implement a number of measures to help hoteliers reopen for the upcoming summer season. In an announcement released ...

The health ministry announced that 17,496 vaccination slots will be opening on Wednesday for people aged 69 and above. Appointments can be made from 9am onwards. Three vaccines will be available at ...

Cyprus continues to top the list of EU countries with the most tests per 100,000 population, and is third as regards vaccinations, the health ministry said on Monday. According to the ...

Close to 17,000 vaccination slots will become available on Tuesday for people 71 and above across the Republic, the health ministry said. People within the age group can set up an appointment ...

To date, 19,221 people have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine and 37,570 were given the first dose, with most being elderly, the health ministry said on Saturday. Close to 43,000 vaccinations ...

Two thousand AstraZeneca vaccines will be delivered to Turkish Cypriot health authorities on Thursday, according to a spokesman. The spokesman said Turkish Cypriots have already received 4,500 PfizerBiontec jabs in January ...

By Stephanie Nebehay, Kate Kelland and John Miller AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective and should be deployed widely, including in countries where the South African variant of ...

The debate over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the over 65s took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) appeared to do a U-turn, ...