Walk-in COVID vaccination centres were swamped on Friday as hundreds of people queued up to get a jab on the first day for those not registered with the national health system (GHS). Every Friday, those registered or unregistered with the national health system can get vaccinated. It also applied to non-residents or foreigners. Long lines
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In July, Cyprus prices rose for the fourth month in a row, as the consumer price index rose 4.04% year-on-year, following a 3.14% increase in June. Transport prices grew 10.12% annually in July. Annual prices for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels had the largest gains of 12.72%, and those for communication increased 1.65%.
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By Sandra Nebritova The European Commission has presented a new package of changes on the legislation in the approach to Anti-money laundering. This new package consists of four main points and addresses the weaknesses identified during the study of the latest AML breaches. How will this affect Cyprus? One of the most significant changes is
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Cyprus reported three coronavirus deaths on Thursday, and an increase in both new infections and hospitalisations to 580 and 293 respectively, with the critical patients approaching 100. The health ministry said that a 71 year old man died and two elderly women, aged 85 and 88, raising the death toll for August to 12 and
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By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Policymakers voted unanimously to leave interest rates unchanged at the current record low of 0.1% while a majority (7-1) voted to maintain government bond purchases at £875 billion. The latter vote was a slight surprise with the only dissenter being Michael Saunders, who was looking at tapering
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Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in Cyprus public hospitals are full of coronavirus cases while most non-COVID cases are referred to the private sector, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said. Highlighting the problem, Hadjipandelas said some unvaccinated younger parents with small children are currently in ICUs. For example, he said that a 46 -year-old with four children,
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A higher concentration of traces of COVID-19 genetic material was found in Larnaca’s wastewater system between March and April than in May to June, the town’s Sewerage Board announced on Thursday. April covered the third national lockdown with high infection rates, while cases subsided in June before the current fourth wave began. Concentrations of the
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Cyprus hotels will be paying for tourists’ rapid tests to mitigate the impact on the tourism sector following a government decision for all unvaccinated visitors to test for COVID-19 after seven days on the island. Hoteliers said they were taking on the initiative, and the cost of the endeavour, to provide tourists with free rapid
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Anti-COVID Morphou Bishop Neophytos has taken his case to the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled, he could not defend himself if he refused to wear a face mask. The Bishop is protesting a Nicosia District court decision not allowing him to defend himself because he refused to wear a face mask during the
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With the Delta variant-powered COVID-19 infection wave crippling the EU, European medicine authorities urge unvaccinated people to get a jab before contracting the virus. The European Medicines Agency (EMA), in a joint statement with the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC), urged people to complete their vaccination regime before the virus catches up with them.
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