https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/repatriations-cutting-it-close-to-universal-ban
Hundreds of citizens have asked to be repatriated to the Republic of Cyprus, prompting the government to seek options to beat a universal ban on all flights that goes into effect on Saturday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mixed-signals-in-fight-against-coronavirus
There were no clear signals this week in the fight against the coronavirus spread in Cyprus, with more confirmed cases causing alarm and the government having to shift gears on many fronts...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-continues-to-violate-crowd-ban
Police continued to conduct checks to assure the enforcement of the Health Minister’s decree banning indoor gatherings of over 75 people, with seven reports filed on Monday against premises in Paphos, Larnaca, Nicosia, and Limassol....
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/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/cold-front-reaches-cyprus
A cooler front is affecting Cyprus on Tuesday, with reports of rapid showers in the morning developing into low to moderate chances of rain and thunderstorms later in the day...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-hits-cypriot-armed-forces
Two high ranking military officers have tested positive for the coronavirus, while the entire camp of commandos in Stavrovouni has been placed under quarantine over a suspected case of a soldier...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-cave-in-after-airport-tension
Government officials got a taste of their own medicine on Monday after students who flew in without complying with the latest coronavirus guidelines were granted an exception after hours of tension at the airports and inside the plane...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-government-travel-restriction-leaves-thousands-of-cypriots-trapped-abroad
Thousands of Cyprus nationals have reportedly been trapped abroad after the government said it would not allow entry to arrivals without valid health certificates, but labs abroad say they are following protocols whereby checks are only conducted on those showing symptoms....
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/large-fire-breaks-out-at-moria-migrant-camp-on-lesvos
A large fire has broken out at the Moria refugee and migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, according to local media reports on Monday.
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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/nicosia-businessman-shot-on-rural-road
A Nicosia businessman was rushed to the Emergency Room after he was shot on a rural road outside the capital...
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-braces-for-student-exodus-from-greece
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades outlined the government's plan on Friday to manage the coronavirus pandemic, announcing travel restrictions which some critics said did not go far enough...
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/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/greece-to-treat-violation-of-covid-19-protection-measures-as-a-crime
The violation of measures dictated by the authorities to contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus should be treated as a crime and prosecuted, the Supreme Court said on Thursday in a memo to the country’s prosecutorial services....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/infected-cabbie-s-grandson-hospitalized
A young child has been hospitalized in Nicosia after coming in contact with his grandfather, a taxicab driver in Paphos who tested positive for the coronavirus...
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/greece-reports-first-coronavirus-death
Greece reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on Thursday, after an elderly man traveled on a Christian pilgrimage with dozens of others in his group...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-search-for-positive-taxicab-passenger
State authorities in the Republic of Cyprus are on full alert after four more coronavirus cases were confirmed on Wednesday, with health officials scrambling to track down passengers of a taxicab driver who tested positive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-special-forces-officers-fired-over-greek-military-vehicle-at-border-kathimerini-learns
There is evidence of a sharp increase in aggressive behavior by Turkish security forces in both the Aegean and at the Evros land border, Kathimerini has learned. ...
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/updated-guidelines-for-arrivals-from-high-risk-countries
Updated guidelines for travellers were issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Health Ministry, which bumped the UK from a Category 2 high-risk country to Category 3, reportedly due to fears of massive economic implications....
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...
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...
