#coronavirus

A woman was charged in Limassol after she refused to wear a mask on a bus and allegedly assaulted a police officer, reports said on Tuesday. Police intervened after receiving ...

It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so ...

Cyprus will have 7,200 AstraZeneca doses ready to administer from Tuesday and they will not be subject to age restrictions, the health ministry said. The AstraZeneca doses arrived on Monday. So ...

Facebook Inc said on Monday it will expand a list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general, such as that ...

South Africa halted the planned rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant of ...

Health officials around the world gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showing it had little effect against mild disease caused by the variant now ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 105 new cases were announced on Monday. The two deaths were two men, aged 93 and 89. Both had underlying health conditions. The total number of deaths from ...

Greece and Israel signed an accord on Monday to ease travel restrictions to Greece for Israelis with proof of COVID-19 vaccination, a move Athens hopes will support its bid to ...

A proposal has been put forth to hire unemployed people to boost those inspecting premises to ensure that coronavirus protocols are being adhered to. The announcement was made on Monday ...

As a nurse in a country battling deadly diseases, Rich Sicina sometimes vaccinates other South Africans, but he says there is no way he will take a COVID-19 shot – he ...

Tuesday’s rapid test locations have been announced by the health ministry, with a table provided below, available to the general public and workers free of charge. The ministry emphasised ...

Applications for a €1500 one-off grant to support people working in the arts affected by the pandemic can be submitted online from today, through to 2.00 pm on February 18 the cultural services ...

Tourism-dependent Greece and Cyprus discussed requesting vaccination certificates from travellers arriving in the two countries, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis said on Monday, following a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades ...

Appointments for coronavirus vaccinations will be available for people aged 79 and over as from Tuesday, February 9, the health ministry said on Monday as it unveiled phase three of its national ...

Private and state dentists have resumed normal operations, the health ministry announced on Monday, the first day of the second phase of measure relaxation. Meanwhile, the vaccination of private dentists ...

With around 70,000 elementary students and final year students at high schools returning to school on Monday, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou again encouraged students to take a rapid Covid test, urging ...

The government’s SMS service for outings granted more than one million such requests over the weekend, with shopping and exercise accounting for more than half of these, according to ...

The total number of travellers that arrived in 2020 plunged to one fifth of total arrivals the previous year as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the sector, figures published by ...

Health authorities inspected 1,137 businesses to ensure compliance with Covid screening guidelines and protocols and issued three fines, it was announced on Monday. In a written statement, the ministry said the ...

Shops re-opened on Monday, the first day of phase two of the easing of the coronavirus lockdown, with special offers as they try to recoup some of the losses of ...

Greece said it was extending restrictions on domestic and international flights until Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 respectively to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Under the restrictions passengers flying to Greece ...

Two of the Limassol testing sites for rapid antigen coronavirus tests operating today have changed, the health ministry said on Monday. The two new sites are Ypsonas Municipality (south entrance) ...

With large numbers of people returning to work and a high number of tests carried out over the weekend, the health ministry on Monday reminded the public that all employees ...

Police carried out more than 12,000 checks for violations of coronavirus protocols from Sunday until 6am on Monday and booked 172 individuals for breaches. In total, 12,308 were carried out, 3,522 in Nicosia, 1,677 in ...