As Cyprus prepares to enter another general lockdown with non-essential businesses shutting, the retail sector claims it is on the verge of disaster, calling on the government to throw a substantial survival package. Warning that businesses will be wiped off the map, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chamber (KEVE), stressed: “If measures are
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Cabinet will decide Friday on the type of national lockdown Cyprus will enter to allow breathing space for the health service and a COVID-19 vaccination rollout. It is expected that Cyprus will go into lockdown from Sunday with the government is set to announce tighter measures to ease the COVID caseload in hospitals. A three-week
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades congratulated Joe Biden after the US Congress ratified his November election victory following violent protests in Washington. In a post on his Twitter account, Anastasiades wrote: “Congratulations to my dear friend Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States. “I look forward to working closely with you to address global and regional
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths and a somewhat lower 427 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, but the number of patients admitted in hospitals continued to rise, peaking at 196 and a handful short of the health system’s capacity. The doggedly high number of infections and the inability to bring the virus under control has prompted
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Any conspiracy theory, fake news or myth about the COVID-19 vaccines making the rounds on social media, are refuted by scientific evidence rebutting claims peddled by anti-vaxxers. Associate Professor of the Pharmacy Program at the University of Nicosia, Dr Christos Petrou, told the Cyprus News Agency that vaccines are the only tool we have to
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The number of annual U.S. bankruptcy filings between 2019 and 2020 by public and private companies with liabilities greater than $50 million grew by 69.44%, according to data presented by Buy Shares indicates. The economic shutdown was a leading catalyst for the bankruptcies. Last year, the number was at 244, while in 2019, the U.S.
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Cyprus is set to reintroduce another lockdown with approval via text message needed to leave the home as recent measures have failed to contain COVID-19 after December became the deadliest month. The Cabinet convenes on Friday, instead of Thursday, to decide on new measures to control the spread of the virus. It is expected to
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Registered unemployed in Cyprus spiked 32% (8,097) in 2020 compared to 2019 due to parts of the economy being shut down during the pandemic, according to official data released Thursday. The unemployed registered at the District Labour Offices on 31 December 2020, reached 33,382. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that shows the trend of
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Cyprus had its worst year for tourist arrivals as the island’s airports recorded an 80% overall drop in passenger traffic in 2020, a direct result of the pandemic and travel restrictions to control it. According to data released by airports operator Hermes Airports, passenger traffic at Larnaca and Paphos dropped by 79.5% to 2,312,806 passengers
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The green light for the Moderna vaccine from the European Medicines Authority (EMA) and the European Commission boosts Europe’s fight against the pandemic. “With the Moderna vaccine, the second one now authorised in the EU, we will have a further 160 million doses. And more vaccines will come,” said Ursula von der Leyen, who heads
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