#coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) has concluded that an extra dose of the Covid-19 vaccines Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) may be given to ...

The testing locations for eligible categories of people for Tuesday are as follows: District Sampling points Hours Limassol (5 points) University Square (behind TEPAK Rector’s Office) 9 a.m.-6 p....

The health ministry on Monday issued new country rankings for travel, upgrading Malta from Orange to Green, and Liechtenstein, Norway and Japan from Red to Orange. On the other hand, ...

The health ministry on Monday announced that on Sunday October 10 a Pancyprian ‘walk-in’ jab event will be taking place at the Lanition school athletic Centre in Limassol. The event is ...

Police reported 19 individuals and five establishment owners or managers for violating protective measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the 24 hours to Monday 6.00 am. A total of 3070 ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced 83 new Covid-19 cases out of 42,672 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.19 per cent. No deaths were recorded. There are 68 patients with ...

The health ministry announced the free rapid test sites for Monday, 23 in total, in all districts. To get tested, people need to present an ID, passport, or driver’s licence ...

Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker’s stock price soaring while ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 84 new Covid-19 cases. No deaths were recorded. The new cases were out of 55,076 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.15 per cent. ...

The health ministry announced the rapid test sites for Sunday, 48 in total. To get tested, people need to present an ID, passport, or driver’s licence for identification purposes. District ...

The vaccination portal will be open from Monday for booster shot appointment for those 80 and over, the health ministry announced on Saturday. The vaccinations will start on Wednesday. People 80 and ...

No other Covid-19 variants of concern were detected except from the Delta variant that continues to be dominant in the Republic, the health ministry said on Saturday. According to the ...

By Kavya B and Roshan Abraham Worldwide deaths related to Covid-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. ...

The health ministry on Friday announced that two people died from coronavirus as 59 new Covid cases were detected out of 26,652 PCR and rapid tests, resulting to a positivity rate of 0.22 ...

The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and recommended ...

Merck & Co Inc’s experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50% the chance of hospitalization or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to interim ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Saturday, 52 in total. To get tested people need to present an ID, or passport or a driver’s licence for identification purposes. ...

Switzerland is offering gift certificates to people who persuade others to be jabbed against COVID-19, the government said on Friday, part of efforts to increase the country’s low vaccination ...

The health ministry on Friday said there was improvement in all epidemiological indicators, with the 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate dropping by 30 per cent compared with the previous period. The data ...

Israel’s Health Ministry has identified fewer than 10 cases of heart inflammation following a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine among millions administered, according to recently released data. Israel ...

Ten businesses and 24 individuals were booked during the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Friday for violations of decrees of the law on infectious diseases, police said. In total 3,157 checks ...

Authorities on Thursday announced no new deaths from Covid-19 and 129 new positive cases of coronavirus, as the number of patients in hospitals declined slightly. The death toll remains at 552. Seventy-nine ...

A total of 22 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

Police on Thursday said they fined 14 people in 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, after 2,644 inspections island wide. Most checks, which were carried out between 6am on Wednesday and 6am on ...