https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/travelers-speak-of-horror-under-quarantine
Dozens of travelers who arrived in Cyprus without a required health certificate for the coronavirus say they were hurried to the mountains in the dead of night and treated like “criminals” and “lepers"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-north-in-coronavirus-crisis-hospitals-prisons-in-turmoil
On Monday morning, Turkish Cypriot authorities confirmed that the number of coronavirus cases had reached six, including four tourists from Germany who had arrived in the north last week, and two Turkish Cypriots who had recently returned from the UK....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-medic-missing-after-coronavirus-incident
Police have tracked down a medical practitioner in Paphos who went missing after he and other individuals were known to have come in contact with a confirmed coronavirus case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-hunkers-down-to-beat-virus
Cyprus is going all out to beat the coronavirus after restrictive measures taken gradually north and south against the pandemic proved to be no match for the spread of the infectious disease...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-partial-lockdown-of-airports-schools-to-remain-closed-until-april-10
President Nicos Anastasiades addressed the nation on Friday night after the week saw cumulative confirmations of coronavirus cases across the divide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-coronavirus-information-hotline-set-up
The Ministry of Health launched a new hotline (1450) on Friday to cater to people seeking information on coronavirus, as recent days saw a widespread misuse of the 1420 call centre that was set up for the reporting of symptoms so that checks may be conducted on suspected cases....
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/additional-covid-19-protection-measures-announced-in-the-north
Turkish Cypriot ministers agreed on several additional coronavirus protection measures on Friday during their third emergency session on the unfolding pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-get-a-grip-on-coronavirus-rogue-cases
Initial lab results show that the state doctor who tested positive for the coronavirus appears not to have infected his patients, while health officials have managed to track down some passengers of an infected taxicab driver...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-to-address-nation-on-coronavirus
Cypriot president to announce social and economic measures to combat coronavirus spread before summer tourism...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wakes-up-to-a-dozen-cases
More cases in Cyprus were confirmed with the novel coronavirus on Thursday, while new guidelines have been issued on both sides of the divided island...
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/unficyp-urges-cooperation-in-addressing-coronavirus-emergency
UNFICYP called on the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides to maintain communication and cooperation in addressing the coronavirus health emergency, and expressed its readiness to assist toward this end....
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/eu-slams-trump-s-europe-travel-ban
The European Union has slammed the new anti-virus travel ban announced by US President Donald Trump, lashing out at an “unilateral” decision taken “without consultation.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-to-seven
Cyprus recorded a new confirmed case of coronavirus on Thursday, involving a person who had recently returned from the UK....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spike-in-coronavirus-cases-expected-cing-molecular-virology-head-says
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases will now begin to rise, the head of the Molecular Virology department of the Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Christina Christodoulou, said on Thursday, noting that a constant flow of samples are coming in to be checked from across the island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-scrambles-as-who-declares-pandemic
The World Health Organization has classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, calling for “urgent and aggressive action” after the coronavirus spread in 114 including Cyprus and Turkey while Greece reported its first fatality...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/all-schools-islandwide-to-close-their-doors-on-friday
All schools islandwide will be shutting their doors as of Friday for one week, as per the decision taken on Wednesday by the Education Ministry in a bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak, as cases spiralled to six in government-controlled areas....
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/health-minister-issues-decree-banning-gatherings-of-over-75-persons
A decree issued by the Health Minister on Wednesday solidified the government decision to ban public and private gatherings of over 75 persons....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-measures-under-scrutiny
Health measures rolled out on the island were the topic of conversation on Wednesday morning, as more people who came in contact with a Nicosia-based infected doctor tested negative for the coronavirus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-orders-the-extension-of-checkpoint-closures
The closure of all schools in Nicosia for three days, a ban on events and gatherings of over 75 people until March 31, as well as an across the board cancellation of all public events such as concerts and parades, are only some of the measures agreed by the Cabinet on Thursday in a bit to contain the coronavirus outbreak on the island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/all-samples-from-hospital-contacts-of-coronavirus-carrying-doctor-negative
All 152 samples taken from the contacts of the 64-year-old state doctor who tested positive for coronavirus emerged negative for the virus, the Health Ministry announced Tuesday evening....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-drugs-regulator-say-no-shortages-yet-steering-group-to-monitor
The European Union’s healthcare regulator said that no drug shortages or supply disruptions have been reported in the region but that an EU steering group had convened to prevent supply bottlenecks due to the coronavirus outbreak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/church-services-across-the-island-suspended-president-informs-archbishop
Church services are included in the list of public gatherings of over 75 people that are to be suspended as part of ramped-up coronavirus protection measures, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou confirmed on Tuesday....
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/no-suspects-in-dog-mass-grave
Police say they have no suspects yet in connection with a mass grave of dog carcasses that was discovered last month in rural Nicosia...
