Cyprus health authorities announced on Saturday seven new confirmed COVID-19 cases, from 1,731 tests, taking the total number since the outbreak to 864. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were no confirmed cases detected from 415 tests on frontline workers or tests from 319 samples at private labs or 230 tests conducted
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With approximately 40% of the land area in Cyprus covered by forest, trees and bushes, our island needs a lot more green, notwithstanding our water shortage situation. The Ministry of Agriculture is encouraging tree planting and lot of publicity is given to this, as well as events by social groups and organisations, who use this
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Nicosia announced new measures to help struggling animal breeders after plans to export kosher meat to Israel fell through, due to complications arising from EU law and complexities surrounding the procedure. The Agriculture Ministry scrapped the relative bill brought before parliament to allow Kosher slaughter, while on Wednesday it announced plans to help out COVID-19
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The gradual lifting of lockdown measures, at a time when new coronavirus cases keep cropping up daily, albeit in single-digit rates, suggests that the government’s medical advisors succumbed to political pressure. Instead of turning the crisis into an opportunity, we seem to have taken the well-trodden path of safe decisions that will appease the short-term
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Cyprus health authorities on Friday announced seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the same as the previous day, suggesting the coronavirus curve is flattening out. The daily rate remains under double figures as Cyprus has come a long way since infections peaked at 58 on 1 April. There were 2,427 tests in total carried out
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Cyprus GDP could drop between 7% to 14%, in an extreme scenario, according to two senior economists at the University of Cyprus who have published a position paper arguing extensive research based on real-time data is necessary to give out the right projections about the economy. They argue that with no tourist arrivals expected at
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The Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) is likely to drive financial markets significantly higher in the coming weeks, after global stocks scored significant gains, according to Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, which has $12 bln under advisement. Benchmark stock indexes in the U.S. – the world’s largest economy – gained 2.9%
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Cyprus can boast it has contained the spread of coronavirus, as the reproductive rate (R0) of COVID-19 is now below 1, meaning that each infected carrier transmits the virus to less than one person. According to data collected by members of the Epidemiological monitoring unit, the reproductive rate of the novel coronavirus in Cyprus is
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A row has broken out between Cyprus Antiquities Department and a British company excavating ancient shipwrecks in the Eastern Mediterranean, over a treasure of artefacts confiscated by Cypriot authorities back in 2015. The row erupted after a British company, called Enigma Recoveries, unveiled news of spectacular treasures from 14 cultures including Chinese Ming dynasty bowls
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Coronavirus cases in Cyprus remained in the single-digit range on Thursday as health authorities announced only seven new COVID-19 infections, one up from the previous day. After spiking to 15 on Tuesday, numbers have dropped back down, allowing scientists to remain confident that authorities can relax restrictive measures and contain the outbreak. The seven new
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