Although cases dropped on Saturday to 337, six people died of coronavirus while hospitals went beyond the 200-bed capacity for COVID patients on the eve of Cyprus going into lockdown. Saturday’s 337 cases were much lower than the 466 SARS-CoV-2 infections diagnosed the previous day with the total since the pandemic rising to 27,011. Lockdown
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No matter how much we were expecting the second national lockdown, there is a sinking feeling about our loss of freedom despite its limited nature. Ten months after the first rolling of the shutters on our economy and movement, the nightmare of being home-bound weeks on end is a foreboding prospect. Somehow, we managed to
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It was predicted that 2020 would be the year of the flying car, a cashless society, economic recovery, and a greener, cleaner environment. Instead, we are still learning to wash our hands and stand in a queue, need permission to get out of the house, online learning is a faraway dream, the health sector has
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By Panos Danos The New Year has entered with a sense of optimism as vaccines are getting more widely available to the public by the day. According to real estate professionals in Europe, 2021 is going to be a positive year for the real estate market with new opportunities for investments forecasting an explosion of
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An elderly man died of the coronavirus on Friday and 198 patients remain hospitalised for COVID-19 in Cyprus, two days before the country imposes a second lockdown to stop the virus from spreading. Some 466 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 were diagnosed, with the total infections since the pandemic started rising to 26,674. Earlier in the
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The government hopes to be able to lift all COVID-19 measures by early May, if people abide by the regulations and vaccinations pick up speed, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Friday. Ioannou said, his Ministry aims to safeguard the health system so that increased vaccination coverage will reduce the number of cases needed to be
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With Cyprus entering lockdown on Sunday, Cypriots will need to request government approval through an SMS system to leave the home for specific or essential tasks. With people allowed to leave their homes just twice a day, they need to know what constitutes a valid reason to send in an SMS to the Ministry of
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From Monday, people travelling from Cyprus to the UK will need to present a negative COVID-19 test on arrival as authorities step up efforts to protect the country against new strains of the coronavirus. All passengers arriving at UK entry points via boat, plane or train will need to have to take a test up
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Cyprus will impose a second national lockdown since the outbreak last March to stop COVID-19 spreading after recent restrictions failed to do so. Announcing the lockdown Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said the measures – which take effect from Sunday until at least January 31 – are to protect the health service. “For the next three
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM So much for a slow start to the new year. From a pair of tense Senate runoffs, to a mob breaching Capitol Hill and even a shock oil supply cut from Saudi Arabia, investors have had plenty to take in this week. Yet, the buying momentum in stocks
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