#coronavirus

A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to immediately scrap the night-time curfew imposed to fight the coronavirus, ruling that it lacks proper legal basis. The court order deals ...

The European Union is adding clauses to contracts with COVID-19 vaccine makers which would allow the bloc to gain access to possible upgraded shots that may offer better protection against ...

Excess mortality in the EU peaked at 40.4 per cent in November 2020, at 25.4 per cent in May 2020 for Cyprus The number of deaths in the EU in the Spring 2020 started to ...

Vaccination appointments for those aged 74 and over will be available from Wednesday morning, 9am, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. A total of 9,096 applications for vaccination appointments will be available ...

A second protest march against state authoritarianism has been announced for next Saturday, following scenes of police brutality in their efforts to disperse protesters at last weekend’s demonstration. “The ...

The government’s cash reserves amounted to €3.84 billion at the end-2020, approximately 20 per cent of the island’s GDP, despite pressure on both public finances and the economy due to ...

The personal data protection commissioner on Tuesday warned managers of rapid antigen testing locations to ensure staff do not shout out personal info of tested individuals when handing over test ...

The epidemiological data in Cyprus are at a turning point as regards tourism, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios has said, stressing that at a time when the whole of ...

South Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February, The Economic Times reported on ...

Only four employees of 4743 working at 1277 business that were inspected in the week of February 8 to 12 were found not to have taken a rapid antigen coronavirus test, the health ministry ...

The House finance committee on Monday discussed two bills extending tax breaks to landlords who rent to businesses stricken by the coronavirus crisis, which aim at convincing them to voluntarily ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would plot a cautious but irreversible path out of the COVID-19 lockdown this week after the vaccination of 15 million vulnerable people. ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that world powers should clinch a global treaty on pandemics to ensure proper transparency after the novel coronavirus outbreak which originated in ...

One death from the coronavirus and 113 new cases were announced on Monday. The health ministry said the death was of a woman in Nicosia general hospital, aged 86, who had underlying ...

Those who took to the streets on Saturday demonstrating against corruption and pandemic measures did not expect the police to use batons, teargas and water cannon to break up the ...

The epidemiological picture in Limassol remains alarming, the health ministry said on Monday following a meeting with the advisory committee on coronavirus and the contact tracing team. One reason put ...

London Zoo should be teeming with children released from school by half-term holidays. But instead, the monkeys’ pranks are unobserved, King Cobra is coiled friendless in the reptile house and ...

Australia and New Zealand have received their first COVID-19 vaccine deliveries and will begin rolling out inoculations in the coming week, while populous cities of Melbourne and Auckland remained locked ...

More than 400,000 people have undergone a rapid coronavirus test in the last two weeks, the health ministry announced on Monday. Between February 1 to February 14, the health ministry carried out more ...

India’s Serum Institute will ship COVID-19 vaccines to Canada within a month, its chief executive said on Monday, in a sign a diplomatic row triggered by Canadian Prime Minister ...

Sunday saw a record number of SMS sent for permission to move around, figures published by the deputy ministry of research, innovation and digital policy on Monday showed. A total ...

US study shows classrooms not a hotbed for Covid transmissions By Antigoni Pitta With students of all ages having had almost a year of fragmented schooling, parents and experts are ...

A total of 44,429 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 until February 13, the health ministry said on Sunday. In total, 29,592 people have had the first dose of the vaccine, while 14,837 have ...

One death and 102 new cases of the coronavirus were announced on Saturday. The health ministry said the death was of a woman, 73, with underlying health conditions. This brings the number ...