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A total of 3,901 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 since December 27 the health ministry announced on Wednesday. These were people included in the first phase of the vaccination plan and comprised ...

Greek Christian churches held Epiphany services on Wednesday, openly defying government coronavirus restrictions that banned public gatherings including religious ceremonies on one of the most important days of the Orthodox ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “Herculean” aim to vaccinate around 14 million of the most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by the middle of next month is achievable, his vaccine minister ...

The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will try to reach a decision on the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, after failing to take a decision two days earlier. ...

Travellers from Britain ending their mandatory seven-day hotel quarantine period must make their own way back home, which in some cases could force them to flout the required further three-day ...

After the discussions about the epidemiological situation and scientific advisory team’s proposals for additional restrictions, President Anastasiades came up with a positive point, according to deputy government spokesman, Panayiotis ...

One more person died from Covid-19 and 569 new infections have been detected after 14,309 tests, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The number of deaths since March has reached 134 while 50 people ...

Small business owners on Tuesday urged the government to accompany any stricter measures with support for enterprises and the economy. According to small shop keepers union Povek, while this basic ...

With more than 3,000 signing up already, appointments for coronavirus vaccines for over 80-year-olds ran out within hours of the vaccinations portal going online on Tuesday, the health ministry said. New ...

As a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares to visit China to investigate the origins of COVID-19, Beijing has stepped up efforts not only to prevent new outbreaks, ...

The advisory committee on Covid briefed President Nicos Anastasiades on the epidemiological situation on Tuesday and tabled suggestions to tackle the current surge in infections, which will be discussed by ...

The health ministry announced 13 rapid points that will operate on Epiphany day around the island. The tests are offered for free to the general public, prioritising those working in customer ...

A priest on Tuesday blessed the waters at Famagusta general hospital as part of Epiphany, or Theofania celebrations on Wednesday, which will be different this year because of the pandemic. ...

Last week 22 people with coronavirus died, making this the deadliest week since the beginning of the pandemic, the latest data released by the health ministry on Tuesday showed. According to ...

The cosmetics unit of the pharmaceutical services on Tuesday recommended the use of free samples instead of testers, to contain the spread of Covid-19. Sale points of cosmetic products should ...

Citizens not registered on the General Healthcare System’s (Gesy’s) portal who wish to be vaccinated within the framework of the National Vaccinations Plan for Covid-19, must submit a ...

More than two-thirds of the 15 million coronavirus vaccines shipped within the United States have gone unused, U.S. health officials as the governors of New York and Florida vowed to ...

High school teachers on Monday said they were being discriminated against since they were being asked to be physically present at their workplaces compared to the rest of the civil ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on Monday that only ambulances will be allowed to use the Kato Pyrgos/Limnitis crossing point while everyone else will be subject to quarantine. This ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 665 new cases of the disease were announced on Monday. The health ministry said the two deaths were of an 88-year-old man and another man aged 73. ...

The health ministry has announced the updated list of sites where rapid tests will be available on Tuesday. District Testing Sites Time Limassol Grigoris Afxentiou Square (outside Dioikitirio) 8.30am-5pm ...

The new variant of Covid-19, first detected in the UK, has now been found among the community in Cyprus, it emerged on Monday. According to the health ministry, the new ...

Flights to and from Cyprus decreased by 48,000 last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a Eurocontrol report said on Monday. According to the pan-European organisation for aviation safety, ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out further measures later on Monday to try to control the rising spread in cases from the new variant of COVID-19, a spokesman ...