https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-announces-one-death-431-cases
The Health Ministry announced 431 coronavirus cases and one fatality on Thursday, raising total cases detected so far to 38,496 and the death toll to 236....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-regulator-approves-johnson-johnson-s-one-shot-jab
The European Medicines Agency has authorized Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose Covid-19 shot, giving the European Union a fourth licensed vaccine to fight the pandemic as its vaccination drive continues to proceed much more slowly than hoped.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-consults-experts-before-friday-s-measures-announcement
The Health Minister consulted the government’s health advisory committee on Thursday for an evaluation of the island’s coronavirus situation before the Cabinet is set to take final decisions on Friday on whether we’ll be moving forwards or backwards....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-than-quarter-of-cyprus-covid-19-cases-are-uk-variant
More than a quarter of Covid-19 cases detected in Cyprus are of a highly contagious variant of the virus first identified in Britain last autumn and may explain a recent spike, authorities said on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-announces-415-cases-two-deaths
The Health Ministry announced 415 coronavirus cases and two fatalities on Wednesday, raising total cases detected so far to 38,065 and the death toll to 235.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-main-covid-hospital-at-96-capacity
The Famagusta general hospital reached 96% capacity on Wednesday, the hospital’s scientific director Amalia Hadjiyianni said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-drops-big-marriage-fraud-case
Police in Cyprus were distinctly furious this week after prosecutors dropped charges against nine suspects in a fake marriage case, with the Legal department arguing an amended law linking sham marriage to immigration violations was not retroactive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-holds-off-decision-on-more-relaxations
The Cabinet has pushed back a crucial announcement, through which the government was expected to move forward with further relaxations, citing a rise in daily cases and hospitalizations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-announces-420-new-cases
The Health Ministry announced 420 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, when 34,799 tests were conducted, marking a positivity rate of 1.21%....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/famagusta-hospital-treating-covid-cases-as-young-as-17
The Famagusta general hospital is currently treating coronavirus cases as young as 17 years old...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-sees-ankara-games-ahead-of-summit
Not only did Turkey continue to ignore Athens’ proposals for the next round of exploratory contacts between the two countries on Monday, its Defense Ministry once again revisited the issue of demilitarization of the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean, going as far as denouncing the presence of Greek warships at Kastellorizo....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-seeks-broad-consensus-to-relax-measures
Health experts on the government’s pandemic task force met with President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday, with reports saying the commander in chief got the nod to proceed with scheduled relaxing of measures but details were still not fully clear...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/citizens-accuse-cops-of-being-overzealous
Police are investigating complaints from citizens who accused officers of being overzealous by asking to inspect rapid test documents over the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chloraka-suspects-deny-murder-charges
Two male suspects extradited from Turkey to face trial in the Chloraka killing of a 20-year-old Syrian man have pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder charges, with a judge ordering them to remain in custody while nine others face manslaughter in the same case but separate trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-begins-sealing-porous-frontier
The Republic of Cyprus says a barbwire fence currently being set up along a strip adjacent to the UN buffer zone should not be seen as a border between north and south but a way to hold back undocumented migrants...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-announces-273-new-cases
The Health Ministry on Friday announced 273 coronavirus cases on Monday, when 57,926 tests were conducted, marking a positivity rate of 0.47%.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/report-shows-limassol-coronavirus-situation-not-improving
A total of 2,340 coronavirus cases were diagnosed in Cyprus between February 17 and March 2, with the 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate increasing to 263.5 per 100,000 population....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-kidnapping-case-heads-to-court
Police prosecutors are filing charges against one of two suspects in last month’s attempted kidnapping case in Limassol, with the two men denying ever trying to abduct the boys and insisting they had joined a group of kids to play soccer together...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-announces-384-cases
The Health Ministry on Thursday announced 384 coronavirus cases on Monday, marking a positivity rate of 0.96%....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vaccinations-the-main-economic-tool-in-managing-covid-crisis
Vaccinations have turned into the main economic tool for the management of the coronavirus crisis and the prospects for recovery, Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides said, stating that he foresees a strong recovery in 2021 ranging from 3.5% to 4.5% of GDP, depending on the development of the pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sexual-harassment-cases-piling-up
Cyprus police are currently working on 16 sexual harassment and abuse reports, three of which were filed over the past ten days alone...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/students-livid-over-false-test-results
Students in Limassol wreaked havoc on their high school Thursday morning, after it emerged that 40 to 50 cases thought to have tested positive ended up in the clear moments later...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ruling-on-boy-s-return-expected-within-days
The Supreme Court has delayed again its ruling on whether a young boy would join his father in New York as per Paphos court orders or continue to stay in Cyprus with his mother, who has been accused of child abduction but has an appeal pending...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/schools-the-main-contributor-to-recent-covid-surge
The growing number of cases being detected at schools that reopened their doors with the government’s gradual lifting of lockdown measures is causing increasing concern....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/jehovah-witness-wins-case-against-army
A man in the Republic of Cyprus has won an appeal against an army decision after military officers failed to prove they had acted impartially in his request for alternate military service due to religious convictions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-response-to-pandemic-gets-tested
Another pandemic death was recorded Tuesday in the Republic of Cyprus, as critical voices against the government’s response continue to multiply calling for fewer tests and more vaccinations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/perverted-uncle-denied-sentence-reduction
The Supreme Court has called on authorities to reevaluate a prison release programme for sex offenders, citing a case where a convicted man under a restraining order had preyed on his niece while another case was pending against him...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-thoughts-as-relaxation-plan-unravels
Health minister Constantinos Ioannou was due to consult with health experts online Tuesday during an emergency meeting, following alarming news over multiple chains of infection and a rise in daily cases amid a plan to relax measures step by step...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-announces-302-cases
The Health Ministry on Thursday announced 302 coronavirus cases on Monday, marking a steady increase in the number of daily cases, though the number of tests being performed over the past few days has also increased significantly....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-concerned-over-rule-flouters
Cyprus must continue to show good epidemiological figures before any more restrictions can be lifted safely, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Monday....
