Due to the rapid spread of coronavirus in Cyprus, the government has decided to decongest Nicosia’s Central Prison facilities by relaxing criteria for early release and adopting electronic monitoring at home. President Nicos Anastasiades presided over a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, where the government decided to submit two bills to parliament in an effort to
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COVID-19 has nothing to do with getting the flu and is much deadlier, said expert Maria Koliou, assistant professor of Infectious Diseases at University of Cyprus Medical School and Medical Association coronavirus task force chair. She told CNA that in the next few weeks, Cyprus will be able to assess the results of government measures
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Paphos General Hospital has started operating a new ward to handle suspicious COVID-19 cases, said Dr Joseph Moutiris who has undertaken the hospital’s temporary management. He told CNA that the clinic will be manned on rotation, by pulmonary and heart doctors and even surgeons, if the need arises. The ward, located on the third floor
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Tighter measures effective from Tuesday sees Cyprus come under its first curfew in peacetime while there will be checks on residences and tougher fines for breaking coronavirus social distancing rules. From March 31, people with only some exceptions are banned from leaving their homes after 2100 local until 0600 the following morning. Only essential workers
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By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM It has been an historic and volatile trading quarter defined by the novel coronavirus outbreak, with unprecedented central bank intervention, government action, global recession fears and severely depressed oil prices among many themes. The sentiment pendulum has swung between extremes over the past few months, placing investors
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Cyprus announced 16 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday making it 230 in total and the death of a 77-year-old man puts the death toll at seven. The Health Ministry announced the total number of confirmed cases is 230, including five in the British bases with COVID-19 deaths at seven since the outbreak. The declared
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Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday announced harsher measures to stem the coronavirus outbreak, including a daily curfew between 9 pm and 6 am after some Cypriots ignored social distancing laws. People will only be allowed to leave their homes once a day for approved essential activity only. The measures come after a massive increase
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Coronavirus-triggered social distancing, isolation and lockdowns have driven-up the use of financial apps in Europe by 72% in a week, according to data compiled by deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The sharp increase in the use of financial technology comes as the world readjusts to life fighting against the
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Nine out of ten Cypriots agree with social distancing measures imposed by the government in its efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus, but they fear what the future holds for them. According to a survey conducted by RetailZoom on behalf of Politis newspaper, 92% of citizens said that they agree with the measures
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By Mona Sukkarieh The coronavirus pandemic has rattled global oil markets in unprecedented ways. First, the failure of OPEC+ to agree on a collective response to the crisis early March drove a wedge between Saudi Arabia and Russia and threatens to flood the oil market further at a time demand was already faltering. Second, Covid-19
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