https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-court-issues-first-penalties-for-decree-violations
The first two penalties were issued by a Cyprus court on Friday to violators of the decree restricting movement to the bare minimum....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/people-stranded-in-cyprus-continue-to-be-evacuated-on-rescue-flights
Two rescue flights will be departing from Larnaca and Paphos International airports on Friday, evacuating people who were stranded in Cyprus after the ban imposed on flights due to the coronavirus pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/people-told-to-‘drive-through-for-testing
Twenty confirmed cases of coronavirus are currently being treated at Famagusta General Hospital, where a drive through testing process was set up to keep those on the front lines safe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-clamp-down-on-unjustified-movements
Police in the Republic of Cyprus have been checking motorists and pedestrians for possible curfew violations, with 123 individuals found to be in violation of a decree on movement restrictions on Wednesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-confirmed-covid-19-cases-in-republic-of-cyprus-rise-to-132
Eight more tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, raising total cases in the Republic of Cyprus to 132, while three have so far lost their lives....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hospitals-the-achilles-heel-of-the-pandemic
The suspension of patient admissions at all four state General Hospitals was one of the initial fears that was expressed by the state health services organization (SHSO), which oversees the island’s public hospitals that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-cyprus-sees-two-more-covid-19-deaths-eight-more-test-positive
Two more coronavirus cases died on Tuesday, while eight more have tested positive for the virus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/total-coronavirus-cases-surge-to-116
The week kicked off on Monday with 21 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the Republic of Cyprus, pushing the total up to 116....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-records-first-coronavirus-death
A British elderly patient, who was infected with the coronavirus during his hospitalization in Paphos, died in Famagusta on Saturday night, marking the island's first pandemic death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-darts-past-100-mark-for-confirmed-coronavirus-cases
Eight more people tested positive for coronavirus on Friday in the Republic of Cyprus, three of which involve health practitioners at the Paphos General Hospital....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-better-safe-than-sorry
The top priority at the moment is to ensure the health of each person individually and of the public as a whole, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday, stressing that “I prefer to take painful decisions, even if they prove excessive in the end, rather than to remain unprotected.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-cyprus-bars-entry-to-citizens-from-all-countries-including-turkey
In a further escalation of measures amid the unfolding coronavirus health crisis, the north moved to bar entry from land, air, and sea, to all third country nationals, including Turkish nationals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/daughter-of-north-cyprus-civil-aviation-chief-attempts-to-escape-quarantine-in-turkey
Reactions mounted in Turkey after the daughter of the chief of civil aviation in north Cyprus attempted with the help of Turkish police to escape from a bus transferring arrivals from abroad to quarantine premises....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wary-optimism-as-paphos-hospital-staff-tests-begin-to-come-back-negative
The Paphos General Hospital, where 12 had been infected with coronavirus, remained shut on Wednesday as samples continued to be taken from some 680 hospital staff to be sent for testing....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/medical-authorities-scramble-to-stay-afloat-in-coronavirus-outbreak-turmoil
A 47-year-old confirmed coronavirus carrier who developed respiratory distress syndrome while under the watch of Famagusta General Hospital medics will be transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Limassol General....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-hospitalized-coronavirus-patients-to-be-discharged
Two patients admitted into the Famagusta General Hospital last week with coronavirus are expected to be discharged on Monday, the Cyprus News Agency said.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-file-two-more-reports-of-gatherings-over-75-people
Since the enforcement of the crowd ban decree by the Health Minister last week, police have conducted a sum of 1,390 checks and filed three reports against cases where they found over 75 people gathered under one roof....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-clamp-down-on-violations-of-mass-gatherings-ban
Cyprus police have ramped up efforts to crack down on any violations of the ban on indoor public and private gatherings of over 75 people, enforced through a decree issued by the Health Minister in a bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-confirms-three-new-coronavirus-cases-total-hikes-to-10
The Republic of Cyprus saw three additional confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday evening, raising the total to 10. A second COVID-19 case was also confirmed in the north earlier in the day...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-covid-19-case-confirmed-in-the-north
The husband of the north’s first confirmed coronavirus case tested positive for the virus on Thursday, raising the number of cases in the north to two....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/main-hospitals-partially-resume-operations-blood-banks-low
The island’s two main hospitals partially resumed operations on Thursday when coronavirus cases rose to seven after a person who recently returned from the UK tested positive....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-more-people-test-positive-for-corornavirus-in-cyprus
Four new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Wednesday, raising the figure to seven across the divide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-announces-first-coronavirus-case
Turkey announced its first case of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, with “patient zero” testing positive after a trip to Europe following some 2000 suspected cases that all came out negative...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-schools-temporarily-suspended-as-coronavirus-measures-stepped-up
Schools across the Nicosia district were temporarily suspended on Tuesday, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-north-in-turmoil-after-first-coronavirus-case
The north was hurled into turmoil on Tuesday after confirming its first coronavirus case, with authorities in the north moving to place hotels in lockdown, health services placing tens of persons in isolation, and the ‘government’ shutting primary and secondary schools until March 16, with universities in the north being the next possible target of intervention....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tries-to-find-footing-after-virus-cases
Authorities on the divided island of Cyprus are scrambling to cope with the first three confirmed cases of the coronavirus, while a doctor and a young man in the south are feared to have spread the infection far and wide...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-the-north
The third case of coronavirus was announced on the divided island of Cyprus, after a foreign visitor was confirmed with the coronavirus infection in the north...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-fatal-stabbing-investigation-incomplete
A detained suspect in the fatal stabbing of a foreign national in downtown Nicosia has been ordered to remain in custody, as police investigators are still searching for another suspect...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/boat-carrying-over-50-migrants-spotted-off-cape-greco
A boat carrying more than 50 migrants was spotted off the coast of Cape Greco, police announced on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-says-increasing-migrant-flows-from-turkey-distorting-cyprus-demographic
President Nicos Anastasiades expressed concern over the flow of immigrants from Turkey, which he said is an attempt to distort the demographic character of Cyprus....
