#coronavirus

The defence ministry has extended the postponement of reservist service in the national guard until February 28, taking into account the epidemiological situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, it announced on ...

A Paphos retirement home was fined €500 on Wednesday after a visitor was allowed to enter the premises by the manager. The visitor was fined €300. Under coronavirus decrees, visits to retirement ...

Police booked 146 individuals and three establishments during the 24 hours up to 6am Thursday morning for failing to comply with coronavirus decrees, a new record. In total, 10,688 checks were carried out, 2,912 ...

Dubai has suspended non-essential surgery for a month and live entertainment in hotels and restaurants until further notice as coronavirus infections surge. Dubai’s health regulator said in a circular ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced that the minimum number of people who need to be physically present in workplaces has been raised to five with 25 maximum, depending on the ...

One-hundred-and-seventy-eight new positive cases of coronavirus were announced on Wednesday. There were no deaths. The positive cases were reported out of 9,884 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.80 per ...

The health ministry has announced 21 sites where rapid coronavirus tests will be available on Thursday. District Testing Sites Time Limassol SupermarketParking”Sklavenitis”, Germasogeia (Columbia) 8.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m. “Lidl” ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to approve several COVID-19 vaccines from Western and Chinese manufacturers in the coming weeks and months, an internal document seen by Reuters shows, as ...

The path out of the lockdown which came into force on January 10 remains unclear but certain relaxations are all but guaranteed, reports suggest. But what does that really mean? Well, ...

Putting migrant reception centres in lockdown is a violation of migrant children’s basic human rights and liberties, the children’s rights commissioner said on Wednesday. Despo Michaelidou said she ...

Ayia Napa municipality announced Wednesday it would be offering free counselling services during the pandemic in collaboration with the health ministry. The services will be offered via phone or Skype ...

The spread of the coronavirus in France could sharply accelerate in the coming months due to the emergence of a more contagious variant, two Paris hospital executives said on Wednesday, ...

As the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday that the numbers were horrendous but that it was not the time to look ...

Cyprus Post announced Wednesday that the Lakatamia Post Office would remain closed for disinfection, due to a Covid incident. Until further notice, the office from tomorrow will be only operating ...

One person died and 164 have tested positive for coronavirus after 8,366 tests, a positivity rate of 1.96 per cent, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The death of an 81-year-old man with ...

The health ministry has announced 19 sites where rapid coronavirus tests will be available for the general population on Wednesday. District Testing sites Time Limassol Sklavenitis supermarket car park, Yermasoyia (Columbia) 8.30 ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers agreed on Tuesday to extend a lockdown for most shops and schools until Feb. 14 as part of a package of steps to try ...

Cyprus has secured an additional 565,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines, the health ministry said on Tuesday as it announced that if EU approval of other vaccines goes as planned, ...

The coronavirus advisory committee will meet on Tuesday evening to lay down a framework for the potential relaxation of measures, committee member Maria Koliou said on Tuesday morning. The committee ...

A candidate COVID-19 vaccine known as EpiVacCorona, Russia’s second to be registered, proved “100% effective” in early-stage trials, Russian consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has told local media. The data, based ...

A private clinic had to suspend the operation of its maternity ward after ten health professionals and patients tested positive for coronavirus, the inspector of private hospitals Elli Theodorou told ...

Recreational venues in Paphos are in financial ruin, yet officials do not seem to care, the Paphos Hospitality Centre Owners Union (Sikap) said on Tuesday. Deputy branch president Demetris Kallis ...

Covid-positive people leaving self-isolation continue to plague the health ministry as it emerged on Tuesday that some are leaving home to take rapid tests before they should. Police are in ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to agree with regional leaders on Tuesday stricter requirements for working from home among other measures as they try to rein in the coronavirus, ...