Cyprus reported five coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, following Monday’s record seven, with the number of patient admissions dropping slightly to 263 and the new cases of COVID-19 infections stabilising at 509. Four men died, aged 56 to 81, and a 64 year old woman, with only two having been inoculated with the first dose pf
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Cypriots have to take responsibility as they are part of the solution in managing the pandemic and returning to normality, head of the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Committee, Constantinos Tsioutis, said. Vaccination, he said, is the most important weapon available that will help Cyprus return to normalcy. In an interview with CNA Tsioutis clarified the committee
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To improve the smoother operation of the Covid-19 Vaccination Portal, the Deputy Ministry of Innovation announced a new process of booking vaccine appointments. Only one person will now be able to arrange an appointment for each beneficiary from Wednesday. This change to the process prevents the system from being overloaded with requests, which has seen
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AEGEAN and Olympic Air announce flight cancellations and rescheduling due to a strike in Greece on Thursday by public sector workers that will affect Cyprus. They have announced flight cancellations and rescheduling of domestic and international flights due to a four-hour Air Traffic Control personnel work stoppage scheduled for 6 May with two flights affecting
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Nicosia will launch an international awareness campaign on the Cyprus problem to gather support in buffering the Turkish side, insisting on a two-state solution presented at the Geneva summit, President Nicos Anastasiades said Tuesday. He said what Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots advocate are “outside the parameters” of the United Nations resolutions and the decisions
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It will take a few more days to see whether Cypriots followed the COVID-19 rules during the Easter holidays when some lockdown restrictions were briefly lifted. Virologist and government advisor on coronavirus, Dr Peter Karayiannis, said the outlook would become clearer with more tests after the holiday break. House visits were allowed on Easter Sunday
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The Ethereum price is likely to hit $5,000 over the next seven days as the cryptocurrency reaches new all-time highs, according to bullish predictions from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group. Ether, the token transacted on the Ethereum blockchain, and the world’s second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin smashed past $3,000 on Monday
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Malta and Norway are upgraded from red to orange while Iceland is removed from the green category in Cyprus’ revised COVID-19 safe travel list. Cyprus has only six countries in the safer green zone after Iceland was removed with no EU countries represented. Cyprus tweaked its COVID-19 safe travel list, upgrading Israel to the green
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The Ministry of Health opened the portal Tuesday for 37 and 38 year olds to apply for a COVID-19 vaccination appointment, with the programme to reach the 33 year olds by the end of the week. Hospitals’ operator OKYPY spokesman Charis Charilaou said on CyBC radio on Tuesday that with the admissions ‘stable’ at 275
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Cyprus announced a record seven deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, a figure not seen since the five and six daily deaths last December, with the previous highest death rate being six a fortnight ago on April 15. The health ministry said this raised the death toll since the pandemic started to 321 and nine in
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