#coronavirus

Akel, through it’s Nicosia-Kyrenia Secretary Christos Christofides, on Sunday slammed President Nicos Anastasiades for saying in a Politis interview that the government had successfully managed the second wave of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he had put out feelers to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu about the possibility of procuring vaccines from Tel Aviv. In an interview with ...

Business organisations on Sunday issued a “desperate plea” in a letter to the president to increase the number of people allowed to have a physical presence at work to 25 per ...

Rapid testing for businesses that will remain open during the three-week lockdown begins on Monday, the health ministry announced Sunday. The sampling will be carried out at mobile units at ...

The streets and highways of the capital were deserted at midday on Sunday, one of the busiest days of the week for Old Nicosia as the new lockdown kicked in ...

The transport ministry has issued guidelines for the changes under the new lockdown. The maximum number of passengers on public transport, airport shuttles and private buses, and those that carry ...

A 41-year-old man, suspected of being one of the organisers of a protest that took place in Eleftheria Square, in Nicosia, is facing five charges, some drug related. According to ...

The north on Saturday night announced 22 Covid positives, five of which were locally acquired, from 3,195 tests. Four people who arrived by air and one by boat were found positive. Another 12 ...

In the second half of 2019 Akis and Jackie Shokkos were running a successful business in Larnaca, hoping they would soon be able to repay the bank loan they took out ...

Covid rapid testing locations for Sunday, January 10 were announced by the ministry of health on Saturday as follows: Limassol, between 8.30am and 4.30pm: Lidl supermarket parking lo; Limassol (45 Franklin Roosevelt ...

The health ministry said on Saturday it has ordered 400,000 additional rapid antigen tests and announced the start of tests in industrial areas in all districts to cover businesses that will ...

As of Sunday, January 10, 2021, at 5am, in order to move around for purposes other than to go to work the public will have to send a text message and get ...

As part of the government’s effort to sustain employment in businesses hit by the pandemic, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Saturday announced an extension of payroll subsidisation schemes. The ...

The government on Saturday announced additional support schemes for businesses and the self-employed affected by the latest Covid measures, including grants, payroll subsidies, loan repayment suspension, rent holidays and tax ...

The health services on Friday announced one death from Covid and 466 new cases. The cases include 216 people found positive from rapid tests and the remainder from PCR. According to a ...

Greece on Friday extended some lockdown curbs to contain the spread of the coronavirus until Jan. 18, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said in a televised briefing. The country, in ...

The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll on Friday since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that its hospitals were at ...

The ministry of health has announced the testing sites for Saturday as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol Grigori Afxentiou Square – Dioikitirio 8.30 a.m.-5 p.m. Parking at Sigma ...

Police will submit a criminal case file to the attorney general’s office concerning the funeral of a coronavirus patient which was attended by more than the allowed maximum of ...

Denmark is developing a digital “vaccine passport” for people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, a move that may enable them to travel to countries where such documentation is required ...

The health ministry will investigate complaints that people in non-priority groups jumped the queue for vaccinations, minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. The statement follows complaints by organised patients, among ...

Europe’s medicines regulator gave the go-ahead on Friday for an extra sixth dose to be extracted from Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials, increasing the number of available shots at a ...

The health ministry has published a Q&A on the new measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. These will come into force at 5.00 am on Sunday, January 10 and ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday announced tougher measures and only two outings per day with permission through SMS. The curfew remains from 9.00 pm to 5.00 am. The new measures will ...