#vaccines

The Citizen Commissioner’s Office on Wednesday updated the list of incentives for young to promote vaccination. To date, the application process for incentives provided has been completed by the ...

A day after the vaccination portal opened for children aged 12 to 15, the health ministry said that 1,800 appointments had been booked by Tuesday afternoon. The portal opened on Monday morning, offering ...

Vaccination of people not registered on Gesy against the coronavirus will start on Friday, the ministry of health announced on Tuesday as it plans to vaccinate as much of the ...

The decision to scrap free testing for the unvaccinated was taken to spare the state millions of euros and allocate those funds to support state hospitals, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas ...

People who cannot be vaccinated against the coronavirus on medical grounds will be eligible for free rapid tests at ministry of health testing sites on presentation of a relevant certificate, ...

Voluntary vaccination of teens 12 and over will start as of Monday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas announced on Friday after cabinet gave the green light for the inoculation of minors under 16. ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Elias Hazou The cabinet may on Friday further tighten the grip on unvaccinated individuals by expanding the enforcement of the SafePass to include businesses with a ...

EU Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides on Thursday praised the government’s initiative to introduce walk-in vaccination centres, calling it an “excellent idea”. The Commissioner visited the Ayia Napa walk-in ...

People who are not registered in the national health scheme (Gesy) will be able to get vaccinated for free against Covid-19 at the walk-in vaccination centres starting Friday August 6, the ...

The pragmatic v the quixotic – there are lots of ways to divide people over Covid vaccines but Theo Panayides asks what is driving people to make a decision over getting ...

Close to 72 per cent of the adult population (over 18) has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine while 63.2 per cent have completed their vaccination, the health ministry said ...

A walk-in vaccination centre will operate at the former residence of the Paphos district officer from 8.30 am to 3.00 pm on Saturday to facilitate members of the public wishing to receive ...

EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner European Commission’s Stella Kyriakides will pay a visit to Cyprus on Monday as part of ongoing efforts to support national vaccination campaigns to ...

The health ministry is urging people who wish to reschedule their appointment for the second Covid-19 vaccination jab to call the dedicated helplines at 22 60 54 00, 97 71 01 01 and 97 71 02 02. The lines will be operative ...

The majority of side effects reported by people who received an anti-Covid-19 vaccine in Cyprus concern those who received the Pfizer jab, figures presented by the health ministry showed on ...

Seven months since launching its vaccination programme and having surpassed its original goal of a 65 per cent vaccination rate, the health ministry is now focusing on streamlining and facilitating the ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos in a circular to churches on Sunday, again urged young people to get vaccinated for the good of the country. “The rights of many cannot be violated by ...

The BeSafe incentive scheme to convince youths to vaccinate unveiled on Friday has been posted on the website https://www.presidency.gov.cy/cypresidency/besafe.nsf/home/home?Openform and ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos expressed concern on Friday over the explosion in Covid infections as he urged people to vaccinate, saying it was dictated by Christian duty. Appealing to people’s patriotism, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades urged people to vaccinate against Covid-19 on Friday, saying it was not the government’s intention to divide the population between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, but ...

The restart of international travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved COVID-19 vaccines, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The global tourism body, ...

The deputy ministry for tourism on Tuesday released a list of hotels participating in its subsided holidays scheme for vaccinated people. The list includes more than 200 hotels in all districts ...

The vaccination of hotel staff sends a positive message to tourists that hotels in Cyprus are safe, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Saturday as the government’s new target ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) revealed on Wednesday that, by the end of this week, mobile vaccination units would be deployed at over 80 hotels in Cyprus to vaccinate staff. According ...