#coronavirus

Three men in their 20s received prison sentences on Tuesday for physically assaulting police officers who spotted them playing football against regulations during the first lockdown in April 2020. Limassol criminal ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has tested positive for coronavirus, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Tuesday. He said that the president had tested positive during routine tests on Tuesday morning. His ...

In today’s episode, we hear that more measures against Covid will be taken if they are deemed necessary. Elsewhere, the health minister said hospitals are ready to deal with ...

If other measures are needed against the spread of Covid they will be taken, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Sunday. Our priority is that schools stay open and students ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday said that Cypriot hospitals are ready to deal with an increased number of cases that might stemming from the rise of the Centaurus variant ...

Seven coronavirus deaths and 15,386 new infections were recorded between July 8 and 14, the health ministry said on Friday. According to the report, the new cases were detected from 122,335 rapid and PCR ...

In today’s episode, a Greek Cypriot man was arrested on Thursday after he was caught on video kicking a Congolese woman holding her baby, an incident that was universally ...

As increasing numbers of patients report long Covid symptoms, a Larnaca healthcare centre is offering treatment for the condition, attracting foreign visitors to the island to receive expensive and unproven ...

Eighty six per cent of the adult population in Cyprus had been fully vaccinated against Covid by July 11, the health ministry announced on Thursday, while 87.5 per cent of the adult ...

Entrance to hospitals, care homes and closed facilities will require a 24 rather than a 48-hour rapid test result as from Monday, Cabinet decided on Thursday, adopting proposals submitted by the ...

The New Zealand government on Thursday announced free masks and rapid antigen tests as it tries to stem the spread of COVID-19 and relieve pressure on the country’s health ...

The health minister and epidemiologists on Wednesday afternoon decided not to impose tighter measures due to a new wave of Covid-19 cases, despite the increase in cases and hospitalisations. Health ...

One person has been fined for not wearing a protective mask in the last 24 hours, after the reinstatement of mask mandate in indoor and closed spaces for those over the ...

Any decisions on more Covid-related restrictions would depend on what the members of the scientific advisory team tell the health minister at a meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Health Minister Michalis ...

European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second COVID-19 booster for everyone over 60, as well as medically vulnerable people, amid a new rise in infections and hospitalisations across Europe. ...

Two people have been fined for not wearing protective masks against Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, after the council of ministers’ reinstated the mask mandate in indoor and closed spaces ...

The health ministry on Sunday issued advice for travellers due to the deteriorating situation as regards Covid-19. “The fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has not ended and that SARS-CoV-2 with ...

No coronavirus protocol violations were noted among 873 checks carried out by police between Friday and 7am Saturday morning. Police checked 139 people in Nicosia, 373 in Limassol, 41 in Larnaca, 150 in Paphos, 138 in ...

The supreme court has cut the penalty imposed on a woman who was ordered to pay €450 for violating the Covid mandates, with the judges ruling it be reduced to €150. The ...

The health ministry on Friday announced four deaths and 14,914 new coronavirus infections after 111,137 tests in the week ending Thursday, giving a positivity rate of 13.42 per cent. Friday’s announcement coincides ...

In today’s episode, face masks will become mandatory as of tomorrow, following a decision on Wednesday by the cabinet. It was also reiterated that the fine for violating the ...

The Turkish Cypriot side recorded 2,251 new Covid cases and one death in the past week. The ‘health ministry’ said that from June 29 to July 5, some 18,869 tests were performed. The total ...

The government on Wednesday announced the reimposition of a wide-ranging indoor mask mandate for those aged 12 and above which will be in force from Friday. It reiterated that the fine ...

Experts on Monday urged the elderly and vulnerable to take their fourth Covid vaccine dose (second booster) amid an increase in infections and hospitalisations. Epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis explained that while ...