#Omicron

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is close to making a decision on authorization of a second dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters for high-risk people, the Wall Street ...

The BQ1 Omicron variant is expected to be confirmed in Cyprus, too, according to a government Covid advisor – but offered that it appears no more severe than those causing current ...

New data suggest that the Omicron variant is dominant among new infections, the ministry of health has said. Infection sequencing data from January 1 showed that out of 192 samples 165 (86 per cent) ...

The Omicron variant remains the most dominant on the island as it was traced in 86 per cent of coronavirus cases tested last week, the health ministry said on Tuesday. However, ...

More evidence is emerging that the Omicron coronavirus variant is affecting the upper respiratory tract, causing milder symptoms than previous variants and resulting in a “decoupling” in some places between ...

Eighty per cent of Covid cases are currently thought to be of the Omicron variant, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday, adding that this is likely to rise to 100 ...

The north has announced a curbing of activities ahead of the New Year after detecting close to 30 cases of Omicron. According to reports from the north, only up to 10 people ...

No cases of the Covid Omicron variant found so far in Cyprus have needed hospitalisation, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday during a visit to the Famagusta reference hospital. ...

Flights to and from Cypriot airports in Larnaca and Paphos continue to operate normally despite widespread cancellations of international flights that have affected thousands of passengers at many airports around ...

Saying that new measures may be needed, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Thursday urged the public to adhere to health protocols amid a surge in new Covid-19 infections and concerns ...

Cyprus could hit 2,000 daily infections in the next few weeks once Omicron takes root, epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis said on Thursday, adding however that so far the variant appears to be ...

A South African study suggests reduced risks of hospitalisation and severe disease in people infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant versus the Delta one, though the authors say some of ...

Countries across Europe considered new curbs on movement on Tuesday while U.S. President Joe Biden called on military medics to support hospitals and fight the Omicron variant sweeping the ...

Over the past five weeks, the highest number of coronavirus positives by age group belonged to the 6-17 bracket, the majority of all positives were tracked in the Nicosia district, ...

Turkish Cypriots announced on Tuesday they have detected two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the north. The two individuals did not have any travel history. They were ...

Health authorities said Friday they have detected 28 additional cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In a statement, the ministry said 20 of those were primary and secondary contacts of ...

Travellers coming to Cyprus testing positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus and their close contacts will have to self-isolate, the health ministry told the Cyprus Mail on Monday. They ...

The cabinet on Monday decided on mandatory self-isolation for Omicron cases or any other future variants as of this Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the spread of new variant ...

The A Technical School in Limassol was to remain closed on Monday as a precautionary measure after the first three cases of Omicron reported in Cyprus on Friday were among ...

People with coronavirus suspected of having been infected with the Omicron variant will be transferred to mandatory state quarantine, as two more cases of the new variant were detected in ...

Epidemiologist Dr Michalis Voniatis said that it is only a matter of time until Omicron arrives in Cyprus at which point daily infections could surge past 1,000, he said. He added, ...

The Omicron variant can partially evade protection from two doses of Pfizer and partner BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the research head of a laboratory at the Africa Health Research Institute ...

Omicron travel ban has separated families and disrupted business Like dozens of South African Cypriots, Michalis Polyviou was appalled by the government’s decision last Friday to ban all flights ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced concern on Tuesday that some countries were introducing blanket measures against the Omicron coronavirus variant that may not be necessary and ...