The United States supports a Cypriot-led comprehensive settlement to reunify the island as a bizonal, bicommunal federation, which would benefit all Cypriots as well as the wider region, USUN Ambassador-Nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield has said, replyin…
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Cyprus will send 4-8% of positive coronavirus samples to ECDC for variant screening
Cyprus will be sending about 4 – 8% of its positive coronavirus samples to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) for coronavirus variant screening as of next week, the Ministry of Health has said.According to the Ministry out of…
Cyprus records one death and 139 new confirmed Covid-19 cases
Cyprus health authorities announced one death due to Covid-19 and 139 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the island’s tally since the outbreak of the pandemic to 203 deaths and 31,263 cases.According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health, o…
Cyprus to proceed with AstraZeneca vaccinations, Dietis tells CNA
Cyprus will proceed with vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine once it receives it, Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, at the Medical School of the University of Cyprus, Nikolas Dietis told CNA.He explained that the European Medicines Agency (EMA…
Police report 200 citizens and 6 establishment owners for violations of COVID measures
Cyprus Police reported 200 citizens and 6 establishment owners in a total of 13,503 checks island wide for violations of COVID measures.A police officer from the Police Press Office told the Cyprus News Agency that 17 citizens were reported for violati…
Passengers arriving to Cyprus obliged to self-isolate for 72 hours as of February 6
People arriving to Cyprus from countries categorized according to their epidemiological situation into categories A and B will have, as of Saturday February 6, to self-isolate for 72 hours and undertake a PCR test 72 hours after their arrival, the Coun…