Cyprus health authorities announced on Sunday the death of a woman from COVID-19 and six new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking total deaths caused by the virus to 16. The six new cases, up from Saturday’s one infection, were detected after conducting 1,393 lab tests. According to the Ministry of Health, a 73-year-old woman, hospitalized
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What Cyprus needed all this time was for someone, anyone, to take the initiative and lead the country in efforts to close the digital divide. Random initiatives remained uncoordinated with no one willing to take the authority and responsibility that goes with it, to reform the system, improving our work methods and way of life,
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With Cyprus 5G technology offering ultra-high internet access speeds through mobile and connected devices, just around the corner, concerns over its implications on human health are growing. In Cyprus, some of its opponents have gone as far as to torch antennas, perceived to be part of the 5G network rollout. However, experts say that there
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Despite reopening after 50 days of Cyprus lockdown, retail shops have yet to see their businesses take-off as consumers feel uncertain about the coronavirus-tinted future. Talking to the Financial Mirror, Lena Panayiotou head of OEB’s Industrial Relations & Social Policy Department said shopkeepers are unsatisfied as they have yet to see a significant movement in
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Those who deal directly with the tourist industry worldwide have a very difficult job and many dilemmas to try and resolve. Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said he expects (if the virus “goes away” over the next 2-3 months) that tourist arrivals will be reduced from last year’s record of 4 mln to ‘at
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Cyprus on Saturday recorded a record low one new coronavirus case since the outbreak on March 9, suggesting the island is managing the lockdown exit. One new case of COVID-19 was detected in Cyprus from 1,978 tests, health authorities announced on Saturday. This is the lowest number announced since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. On the basis of the
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By Yiannis Tirkides No one negates the risks. There are grave concerns, by many, that the amassing of debt by the private and the public sectors alike, as a consequence of the policy responses to the coronavirus outbreak, will create challenging conditions in the aftermath, and that these conditions will trouble the world economy for
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By Panos Danos The effects of the pandemic on Cyprus real estate are intensifying as the uncertainty in conjunction with the government lockdown of the past three months has literally frozen the market, which had been on an upward trend in recent years following the previous economic crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic, with the government’s necessary
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By Chris Michael When the elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers most, according to the famous saying, and this has been proven many times over. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic, we are facing a similar case. According to converging information, the European Union is leaning towards imposing sanctions on China. Already, the ground is
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By Phedonas Phedonos Policies introduced to tackle the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic relies on a fundamentally wrong perception of what it actually is. It perceives the coronavirus crisis as a liquidity crisis rather than a permanent loss of income or bankruptcy. You do not attempt to save someone who is in danger
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