A surge in 25 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday showed Cyprus was struggling to contain an outbreak on several fronts as the virus spreads. The 25 infections was a huge rise in the five detected on Monday and equal the same number of cases reported last Friday. Tuesday’s cases resulted from 3,988 tests carried out,
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In almost two months since Cyprus reopened its airports, health authorities have randomly tested more than 27,000 passenger arrivals for coronavirus to prevent a resurgence of the outbreak from importing cases. The Health Ministry announced Tuesday that a total of 27,334 arrivals (around 11.25%) were tested for COVID-19 from 9 June – when the Paphos
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Τhe Cyprus Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KEVE) on Tuesday expressed its discontent with government policy to publicly name businesses where employees contracted the coronavirus. In a statement, KEVE argued that announcing the names of companies in which employees were found to have coronavirus “served no purpose and simply punishes and discredits the business involved,
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A recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Limassol does not constitute a second wave of the coronavirus, said expert virologist Peter Karayiannis who advises the government. “This is not a second wave, it is an outbreak observed in a specific town of Cyprus,” Karayiannis told CNA. He said it was an example of what could
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Cyprus’ Department of Meteorology issued an ‘extreme high-temperature warning’ for Tuesday with maximum temperatures soaring to a scorching 40 degrees Celsius. Hotter than usual weather is expected to continue on Wednesday and go up another notch on Thursday and Friday. The weather warning is the 52nd issued by the Department this year for high temperatures.
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Cyprus police have stepped up checks on people who are supposed to be in self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus with the first cases against people violating their stay at home rule being filed. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency, police press officer Christos Andreou said that they were asked by the Health Ministry
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Cyprus removing Greece from its ‘safe’ list has caused an uproar among tourism stakeholders who perceive the downgrade as the final blow to the country’s summer season. After health authorities revised the countries’ COVID-19 risk, Greece was knocked to category B, which means that Greek tourists wanting to come to Cyprus for a getaway will
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Two additional photovoltaic parks, with a total capacity of 2.5MW, have been completed and connected to the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) national network, from L&T Sun Power Ltd. The Lanitis Energy company said the two installations are part of a larger development program of its photovoltaic parks, to produce energy from Renewable Energy Sources
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Russia’s finance ministry said it is scrapping an agreement with Cyprus aimed at avoiding double taxation after talks to modify the deal failed, Reuters reported. It said that legal changes would make it more profitable for people to transfer money back to Russia. Cyprus has been an important destination for Russian businesspeople because of its
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Cyprus on Monday was able to report just five new COVID-19 cases after almost a week of reporting double-digit figures as the virus spiked. The last time health authorities had announced a single-digit number of new coronavirus cases was last Tuesday when 7 samples had returned positive. Monday’s cases resulted from 2,581 tests carried out,
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