#vaccines

The government’s covid-19 scientific advisory team is to convene on August 29 to review the current indicators in the face of a recent rise in virus cases. Health Minister Popi ...

Cancer vaccines will be made available in Cyprus as soon as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approves them, director of pharmaceutical services Elena Panayiotopoulou said on Friday. “It is only ...

As of Monday, Covid-19 vaccinations will only be administered at vaccination centres in all districts by appointment via phone. Speaking to CyBC radio, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris ...

The age limit for the administration of the booster, or 4th dose of the Covid vaccine is being reduced from Monday, the health ministry announced. The ministry said that from ...

Two new Covid-19 vaccines, authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) should arrive in Cyprus by next week, Elena Panayiotopoulou, head of the state pharmaceutical services announced on Tuesday. Speaking ...

Seven people, contacts, of Cyprus’ first monkeypox case, were in the process of being vaccinated on Sunday, a day after a quantity of the jabs arrived in Cyprus. Cyprus detected ...

Cyprus has detected two more cases of monkeypox, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the first batch of 1,260 vaccines arrived on the island. It said two men aged 20 and 30 ...

The administration of the fourth dose, or booster shot, of the Covid vaccine for people aged over 80, and those who live and work in nursing homes and closed structures, regardless ...

Nearly a year after COVID vaccines became freely available in the US., one fourth of American adults remain unvaccinated, and a picture of the economic cost of vaccine hesitancy is ...

Annual vaccinations against Covid-19 are on the cards for the elderly, vulnerable and immunosuppressed as part of a return to normality, epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis said on Tuesday. Speaking a day ...

Amid an uptick in Covid infections, an expert advising the government on the pandemic has cautioned against further relaxations. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday and citing data ...

The booster jab against coronavirus will start being administered to children aged 12 and over who are severely immunosuppressed, the health ministry announced on Friday. The decision to extend the lower ...

Novak Djokovic is world tennis champion, not an anti vax champion. He arrived in Australia armed with a visa that gave him a presumptive right to enter and take part ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday urged people to trust science and get vaccinated against Covid-19, expressing the hope that stricter measures could be avoided as daily infections edge towards the 1,000 ...

Confusion and concern have arisen at the Covid-19 vaccination centres as some reported queues lasting hours while others bristled at sudden policy switches and a lack of clarity. Many have ...

A pop-up vaccination centre will operate at Meneou primary school on Wednesday for eligible residents of neighbouring villages, the health ministry said on Monday as it steps up efforts to ...

Saying there is high interest among people to get vaccinated against coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Friday that over 94,500 people had received a jab over the last ten days. ...

Cabinet on Monday gave the green light for the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 against coronavirus, which is scheduled to start on Thursday as a surge in cases was recorded ...

No further measures will be needed as long as we stick to the current ones, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Saturday. He was visiting Pachna health centre, serving as ...

The vaccination numbers of adults and teenagers need to significantly rise ,officials said on Saturday, stressing the importance of protection against Covid-19 and an end to the pandemic. Health Minister ...

Cyprus will receive any new Covid vaccines or treatments immediately after they are licensed, which is only a matter of time, a government official said Monday. “We are close to ...

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked U.S. regulators to authorize emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a group for whom no shot is currently ...

The health ministry announced that people over 70 would be eligible for a Covid vaccine booster shot starting Friday. A ministry statement said that people over 70 who have received their second ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) has concluded that an extra dose of the Covid-19 vaccines Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) may be given to ...