Day: March 1, 2021

Cyprus on Monday entered a thirds stage of exiting a second COVID-19 lockdown, as more school students returned to class with extra curriculum activities allowed and gyms reopening.Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou urged the public to stay vigilant …

Cyprus on Monday introduced a colour-coded safe travel COVID-19 risk assessment scheme to win-back decimated tourist arrivals by ending quarantine rules.From Monday, Cyprus is applying a new four-tier traffic light system for visitors from 56 countries…

Cyprus is cranking up its COVID-19 vaccine program covering 8% of its 900,000 population, with over 78,000 people receiving a jab, ranking it third in the EU vaccination league.According to the website OurWorldInData, Cyprus is third in the European Un…

Cypriots have given a vote of confidence to the landmark General Healthcare System (GHS) with 850,000 registering since its launch 18 months ago, the state’s Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said Monday.HIO, the institution running the health servic…

Cyprus continues to top Europe’s list of EU countries with the most tests per 100,000 population, the Health Ministry declared on Monday.According to the ministry, Cyprus carried out a daily average of 24,196 tests per 100,000 last week, of which the m…

March got off on a bad footing in Cyprus with 302 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, having broken past the 200 barrier during the past week, as some more lockdown measures were lifted.The health ministry said there were no deaths attributed to the coron…