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661. 6 year old dies after surgery

A six year old child died today at a private clinic in Nicosia....

662. Man’s hand severed in buggy accident

A young male tourist was rushed to the Emergency Room on Thursday in Paphos district, with police still in the dark over the circumstances while reports said doctors managed to reattach his wrist following a buggy accident...

663. Suspected healthcare fraud lands doctor in jail

A Limassol judge has ordered a detained gynecologist to remain in custody for two days, as police investigators examine a complaint by an elderly patient who thought she had her uterus removed by the suspect but later learned it never happened...

664. Pfizer Covid Shot Safely Bolsters Antibodies in Younger Kids

Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE said their Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced strong antibody responses in children ages 5 to 11 in a large-scale trial,...

665. Avgorou man dies after car hits tree

A local driver was killed in Famagusta district on Monday morning after the car he was driving veered off course and crashed into a tree...

666. Greece facing shortage of doctors and healthcare workers

The suspension of unvaccinated doctors and other health workers in effect since September 1 have resulted in personnel shortages across the public health system....

667. Non-emergency surgeries to resume

The Organization for Public Health Services (OKYPY) announced today the resumption of non-emergency surgeries in its hospitals....

668. Cypriot experts on board with third dose

The Cypriot government will take a political decision this week on a proposal to start administering third COVID-19 vaccine doses ahead of the flu season in response to the Delta variant threat that emerged sooner than expected during the summer...

669. International Luxury Property and Residency Conference

670. Data suggest things less bad with vaccinations

Daily detection of COVID infections continued to drop in the Republic of Cyprus but cases still remained in the upper hundreds, with experts suggesting a very bad epidemiological situation could have been a lot worse had it not been for vaccinations on the island...

671. Cypriot officials tackle data gap on vaccinated

Health officials in the Republic of Cyprus are trying to regroup this week following public criticism over lack of information on vaccinated persons, with plans underway said to include cross referencing vaccination data with close contacts of infected persons and more qualitative data...

672. Safe Pass law lets door greeters inspect ID docs

Business establishments in the Republic of Cyprus are now inspecting Safe Pass documents presented at the entrance by customers, who are also required by emergency law to show proof of identity when the employee at the door doubts the veracity of a person’s identity...

673. Safe Pass for supermarket made official

Grocery shoppers in the Republic of Cyprus may no longer shop at a supermarket if they do not have a Safe Pass, based on the latest decree published on Monday by the health ministry affecting all domains of social life in response to last week’s surge in daily infections...

674. Cypriot expert says ‘wear the damn mask’

Local health experts are calling on the public to be vigilant after daily cases in the Republic of Cyprus passed the 1000 mark for the first time, with a member of the government’s advisory team telling Cypriots to 'wear the damn mask'...

675. Cyprus takes vaccine message to Facebook

Officials from the health ministry have partnered up with health experts and a patients advocate group in order to reach out to Facebook users who may be unsure about the pandemic or have concerns about getting vaccinated...

676. Cyprus cases just shy of quadruple digits

An unprecedented surge in covid cases in the middle of the summer has prompted officials in the Republic of Cyprus to seek more scientific guidance after new daily infections reached 993 on Thursday....

677. Cyprus joins EU’s digital covid certificate

The Republic of Cyprus on Thursday joined other EU countries already accepting an EU-wide Covid certificate for easier travel, amid coordination challenges amongst members and a rampant Delta variant around the world...

678. Cyprus ‘out of sequence’ as daily cases jump

The Cypriot government’s health advisory team has been summoned back to the Presidential Palace following a huge spike of daily COVID cases over the weekend, with critics pointing fingers to the alienated squad as frustration continues to grow over the management of the pandemic...

679. EAC burn victim loses fight for life

An electric utility worker has succumbed to his injuries at a Greek hospital, where he was being treated for severe burns following a substation accident in Cyprus last month...

680. Cypriot president out of hospital after surgery

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades underwent spinal surgery on Friday, after the procedure came up casually during comments he had made to reporters about an imminent Cabinet reshuffle...

681. Checkpoints to open with no deal on vaccinated

The two communities on divided Cyprus have confirmed their agreement on a 3-level system that would allow people to go through checkpoints, but details remain unclear on whether those who are vaccinated can still cross if epidemiological conditions worsen...

682. Archbishop back in Cyprus after treatment

Archbishop Chrysostomos was back in his office on Tuesday following his return from the United States where he underwent another cancer treatment, with doctors noting 'noticeable improvement'...

683. A silent pandemic requiring global action now

If policymakers fail to address the challenge of antimicrobial resistance they risk seeing the rise of a silent pandemic, write Stella Kyriakides and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

684. Greek on ‘highjacked’ plane draws attention

Many questions remained unanswered in the aftermath of the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Belarus, including the identity of five passengers that got off at Minsk and a report saying one of them was a Greek national...

685. Vaxxed woman in serious condition in Cyprus

A woman in Cyprus was hospitalized this week with a rare case of a clotting event following her vaccination against COVID-19, with local media criticizing state authorities over lack of information...

686. Badly burned utility workers flown overseas

Two workers from Cyprus are being rushed to foreign hospitals for specialized medical care after suffering severe burns following in an accident at a utility substation...

687. Cyprus confirms Indian and S.A. mutations

The Republic of Cyprus has been notified by ECDC that a number of coronavirus cases have tested positive for a mutation known as the Indian variant, believed to be twice as dangerous but others say not so...

688. EY: Liquidity-fueled IPO markets break records in Q1 2021

689. Cyprus introduces safepass

Cyprus is introducing a so called 'safepass' as of Monday, 10 May until the end of the month. Citizens no longer need to send an sms for their movements and the curfew is extended from 11pm until 05:00 the next day...

690. Third lockdown brings new support schemes totaling €120m

New support measures to the tune of €120 million to address the effects Cyprus’ third total lockdown on employees and companies were announced by the Finance and Labour Ministers on Wednesday....