#coronavirus

In a span of 24 hours, police booked 22 people and four businesses for violating coronavirus measures. Between 6am on Wednesday and 6am on Thursday, there were a total of 3,376 inspections across ...

Small companies in Britain, which demanded that their insurers cover claims for losses accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic, have received more than one billion pounds ($1.4 billion) in full and interim ...

The health ministry announced one death and 230 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. A 64-year-old woman passed away after being treated in the ICU at Nicosia hospital, raising total deaths ...

A total of 28 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

Italy is to make a COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for public and private sector workers, a minister said on Wednesday, becoming the first European country to do so as it ...

The pace of vaccination against COVID-19 must be quickened to avert “a pandemic of the unvaccinated”, the European Union’s chief executive said on Wednesday, also urging countries around the ...

The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 and that 126 people tested positive on Tuesday. But it said not all data for tests taken privately had been collected so the ...

Britain‘s Health Secretary Sajid Javid signalled on Tuesday that a requirement for expensive PCR tests for COVID-19 for international travellers arriving in Britain would be dropped in favour of ...

A total of 27 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate for eligible groups nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

British employers added a record 241,000 staff last month, lifting the total number of employees on company payrolls to just above the level before Britain first went into a COVID-19 lockdown ...

Israel’s economy grew faster than previously estimated in the second quarter, bouncing back strongly after most COVID-19 related restrictions were lifted. Gross domestic product grew 16.6 per cent at an ...

In a span of 24 hours, police booked 22 people and 5 businesses for violating coronavirus measures. Between 6am on Monday and 6am on Tuesday, there were a total of 2,262 inspections across the ...

New local COVID-19 infections more than doubled in China’s southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, prompting officials to quickly roll out measures including travel restrictions to ...

Britain‘s top medical advisers on Monday recommended that all 12 to 15-year-olds receive a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, citing the benefit on avoiding disruption to education after a ...

Two countries – Austria and Croatia – have been downgraded from the Orange to Red category for arrivals to Cyprus as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, the health ...

Britain’s biggest airport Heathrow said on Monday passenger numbers were still 71 per cent lower in August compared to the same month before the COVID-19 pandemic, as it demanded that ...

A health official on Monday sounded the alarm concerning Covid cases in 24-hour facilities as more nuns tested positive for coronavirus in a Larnaca-based nunnery. Eleven out of the 12 nuns ...

A Larnaca-based supermarket was fined €8,000 for failing to check customers for a SafePass while an employee was found without a facemask, police said on Monday. The business was among six ...

New Zealand extended a strict lockdown in its largest city on Monday, requiring 1.7 million people living in Auckland to remain indoors for at least another week to snuff out small ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday that there had been no new deaths from Covid but that 100 people had tested positive from 43,478 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.23 ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday 27 sites where people can get a free rapid test on Monday. Those eligible for the free tests are people up until the age of 17 ...

Vaccination coverage in adults across Cyprus with the first dose, has reached almost 80 per cent, the health ministry said on Sunday. Specifically, where people 18 and over are concerned, 79.8 per cent ...

The health ministry announced that one person had died of Covid-19 and that 136 more had tested positive from 70,628 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.19 per cent. The death ...

More than 2,000 Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Saturday against official coronavirus-related mandates including vaccinations, tests and masks, responding to new government measures and an inoculation push. In Turkey’s largest ...