#coronavirus

The pandemic has been the biggest catalyst for digital transformation in Cyprus, forcing changes that otherwise would have taken three to five years to accomplish under normal circumstances, the minister ...

Ireland became the latest country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday, temporarily suspending the shot “out of an abundance of caution” after reports from Norway of serious ...

Cyprus was left stunned on Sunday night after a video went viral showing hundreds of people partying in Limassol with zero distancing and many not wearing a mask as they ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 374 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday from 41,269 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.9%. Of the new cases, 141 were in Limassol. The ...

Seeing the difficulties many were facing due to the pandemic, the family who run Chicky Chicken in Nicosia decided to do something to help A family-owned, fast-food restaurant in Nicosia ...

Government’s draft recovery plan still relying too much on boosting tourism and property investments By Les Manison The recent release of national accounts, public finance and employment “estimates” for 2020 ...

Dutch riot police used water cannon and batons on Sunday to disperse a crowd of several thousand anti-lockdown protesters gathered at a field in the centre of The Hague a ...

The health ministry on Sunday clarified for the public what they can and cannot do on Green Monday outings. An exception has been made for the Lenten holiday ahead of ...

The health ministry has announced the testing site for Monday as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (12 points) Church of Ayios Ioannis Eleimonos, Limassol 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. TEPAK ...

The European Union will be able to stick to its vaccination targets this quarter despite AstraZeneca delivery delays as Pfizer is producing faster than planned, EU industry commissioner Thierry Breton ...

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 ...

In the last 24 hours, police booked 207 individuals and three businesses – two in Limassol and one in Paphos – for breaking Covid dictates. Police said between 6am Saturday and 6am on Sunday 13,222 ...

JUST when you thought the Nik government’s popularity could not fall any lower it took another nose-dive on Friday when the Covid generalissimo and health minister Constantinos Ioannou announced ...

The health ministry announced 398 new coronavirus cases on Saturday from 43,940 tests, a positivity rate of 0.91 per cent. There was an increase in patients treated for the virus in state hospitals ...

The ministry of health on Saturday announced 61 testing sites around the island for workers and other to get a rapid test on Sunday. Some of them will remain open until 7.30...

Meetings will be held in the coming days to examine ways for the safe return of pupils to schools as soon as possible, the head of the government advisory team ...

Members of the advisory committee on coronavirus have defended the decisions announced on Friday regarding schools even as parents called them “inexcusable” and “incomprehensible”. It was decided that primary schools ...

The Anastasiades government has shown what its priorities are with the latest measures it announced. It is certainly not education as it has decided to keep gymnasiums (first three years ...

The Holy See, the central administrative body of the worldwide Catholic Church, may have to use 40 million euros in reserves for the second straight year as the COVID-19 pandemic burns ...

The welcome news that dining out was back on the cards from Tuesday, if only outdoors, as part of the relaxation of measures, was tempered on Friday by news that ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 383 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. The deaths concerned two men, a 70-year-old and a 69-year-old, both with underlying conditions. One died in ...

The health ministry announced that 64 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly testing of employees. ...

The transport ministry on Friday called on Cypriots and permanent residents arriving from countries in the red category to get a PCR test within 72 hours prior to their arrival in ...

The government on Friday announced an additional economic support package of €70m for businesses and employees affected by the extension of the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The package ...