#vaccine

The health ministry on Friday announced that the vaccination portal has opened for the booking of Johnson & Johnson booster shots. Up until now, people could only get a booster ...

European Union countries are expected to agree to limit to nine months the duration of COVID-19 certificates for travel around the bloc, three EU sources told Reuters, but some states ...

Adults aged 18 and older will be able to receive a coronavirus booster jab as of Wednesday at walk-in centres or after booking an appointment through the vaccination portal, the health ...

A total of 5,730 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 on Saturday, the ministry of health announced on Sunday. At the State Fair in Nicosia 787 people were jabbed at the E station ...

A further round of clarifications has been issued by the health ministry, which sets out provisions as to how businesses such as bars and cafes can operate – and crucially – how ...

Starting Monday, vaccinated people crossing to and from the north must present a seven-day negative Covid test while those without jabs would have to carry a 72-hour negative test, according ...

Latvia’s parliament voted on Friday to ban lawmakers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine from voting on legislature and participating in discussions. Latvia, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates ...

On Wednesday, the European Commission approved the eighth contract with a pharmaceutical company with a view to purchasing its potential vaccine against Covid-19. Valneva is a European biotechnology company developing ...

Cabinet has approved a request by the health ministry to grant people getting their booster shot a day off work, it was announced on Wednesday. This concerns members of the ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced the appointment of a new vaccination advisory committee to serve for the next three years. The committee’s job will be to advise the ...

A 26-year-old woman who had initially reported an ambulance employee for pretending to be a doctor and issuing a fake coronavirus vaccination certificate for her will also appear in court, ...

People aged 50 and over who received the Janssen anti-coronavirus vaccine can receive a booster jab only through the walk-in vaccination centres, the health ministry said on Friday. The decision was ...

The subsided holidays scheme for the vaccinated and those who have recovered from Covid will be reintroduced in December until March, the deputy ministry of tourism announced on Thursday. The ...

The European Union’s drug regulator said on Thursday it was in discussions with AstraZeneca over possible authorisation of booster doses of the drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine, after it already ...

Health ministry figures released on Thursday show that by November 3, double jabbed people had reached 80 per cent of the adult population. The ministry said that 82.3 per cent had received their ...

In the first case of its kind, Paphos district court has rejected a father’s request to allow his children to be vaccinated despite their mother’s objections. This is ...

Cyprus’ relatively high vaccination coverage and adherence to personal protection measures should help contain any uptick in coronavirus cases this winter, a member of the government’s team of advisors ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by the health minister for administering booster shots to people who received the one-off J&J Janssen vaccine against Covid-19 in the ...

The European Union’s medicines regulator said on Monday it has started evaluating the use of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in children between five and 11 years of ...

As of Monday, people who failed to return for their second Covid jab will be considered unvaccinated and must pay for their rapid tests, which are free for the vaccinated. ...

Cabinet on Friday approved the administration of Covid booster shots to people aged 60 and over and to additional vulnerable groups of the population. The decision preceded a proposal by Health ...

The World Health Organization on Monday recommended that immunocompromised people be given an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine, due to their higher risk of breakthrough infections after standard immunisation. The ...

People of all ages who wish to be vaccinated against Covid or receive their booster shot, will be able to do so on Sunday at a large walk-in centre operating ...

Moderna plans to invest up to $500 million to build a factory in Africa to make up to 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines each year, including its COVID-19 shot, as pressure ...