Cyprus’ vaccination rollout against COVID-19 has seen more than 50% of people over 80 given the Pfizer vaccine or book an appointment to get vaccinated, said Health Ministry officials. Deputy head of medical services Olga Kalakouta told the Cyprus News Agency: “If everything goes according to plan, we will vaccinate everyone over 80 years of
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The first batch of Pfizer vaccines for the Turkish Cypriot community was delivered to health authorities across Cyprus’ dividing line in the Turkey-occupied north on Monday. A total of 1,080 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses were delivered as part of the total amount the Cyprus Republic ordered for the north. Greek Cypriot co-chair of the Bicommunal Technical
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By Stefan Nolte After a 47% surge in 2020, silver is poised to continue its momentum this year. Most investment analysts and banks’ commodity traders expect silver to trade above $30 an ounce on average. Silver started last year at $18. The white metal dropped below $12 between February 25 and March 18 as a
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As Cyprus steps up measures to safeguard its health system from crashing under the second COVID-19 wave, authorities have revised its safe travel list, knocking most countries into the high-risk category. From January 18, just four countries are in category A, with travellers not required to present a negative COVID-19 test to gain entry, none
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President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, as Cyprus pushes on with its vaccination program under reduced supply. Health authorities have begun administrating the second dose to the first group of people vaccinated in December, three weeks after their first jab. Exiting the vaccination centre at Latsia, Anastasiades, urged
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A total of 5,907 COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in Cyprus just after the Christmas holidays from December 30 to January 12, according to the latest Health Ministry Epidemiological Surveillance Unit report. Until January 12, 27,827 cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed, on Sunday this total rose to 28,968 and 170 deaths. This has taken the
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Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is on a key mini-Middle East tour with consecutive working visits to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Christodoulides was in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a private meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Discussions are
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Following a solid start to the year, investors are turning more cautious as data continues to be released, corporates present their outlook for 2021, President-Elect Joe Biden sets out his economic plan, and most importantly, developments around Covid-19 continue. Asian stocks traded mixed on Monday despite data
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Cyprus is not a bastion of investigative journalism as nature of the beast doesn’t allow for it roam in these protected waters where hearsay and subterfuge suffice. Students of the written word do not hold up Cyprus as a shining light in the darkness where democracy dies. It is harsh terrain for truly independent reporters
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Cyprus reported three deaths on Sunday, a slowdown in new SARS-CoV-2 cases that dropped to 157 and 208 patients in Covid wards in local hospitals, an indication that the second lockdown imposed on January 10 is starting to pay off. At the same time, the number of people who have been inoculated, primarily with the
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