Cyprus’ health system is being pushed to its limits with 25 COVID-19 patients on a ventilator, the highest number since the pandemic began. The number of people being treated at hospital Intensive and Acute Care Units is also at a high of 46. Overnight Sunday, a total of 154 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals across
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Asian equities, along with US futures kicked off the final trading week of 2020 on a bullish note. Although he described the $900 billion pandemic aid as a “disgrace” last week, President Trump signed it into law on Sunday along with the $1.4 trillion spending bill. Passing
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades is about to get vaccinated for COVID-19 on Monday morning, a day after tens of mainly senior citizens and front-line health workers were inoculated. Anastasiades, 74, will receive his first jab of the Pfizer-BioNTech drug at the Latsia outpatients’ clinic at 9.30am in an effort to encourage more people to be
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An elderly man died on Sunday and 154 patients are being treated for COVID-19, pushing Cyprus hospitals to the limit, despite the start of a nationwide vaccination programme. Pensioners at care homes in all towns were the first to receive a shot of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which arrived by air on Saturday. Also,
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Cyprus on Sunday started vaccinating its population against COVID-19 as part of an intensified drive across the European Union to curb the pandemic which has destroyed lives and its economy. Pensioners a care homes in the capital Nicosia and Larnaca and Limassol were the first to receive a shot of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which
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Nigel Green, chief executive of one of the world’s largest financial advisory and fintech organisations said that he has sold half of his bitcoin holdings that reached a new record high of $24,661 on Christmas Day. The deVere CEO, one of the first high-profile cryptocurrency advocates, said that bitcoin, with its market value now at
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Arrival of the Pfizer vaccine in Cyprus on Saturday couldn’t have come quick enough as two more hospital patients died of COVID-19 with the total rising to 111. December is officially the worst month since the pandemic started with more than half the deaths coming this month alone. Due to the Christmas holiday there were
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Cyprus on Saturday took delivery of its first batch of 10,000 coronavirus vaccines purchased from Pfizer-BioNTech enabling the country to begin vaccinations, officials said. EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and Cyprus Health Minister Constantinou Ioannou welcomed the shipment before the vaccines were transported under police escort to a location where special storage freezers are kept.
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By Antonis Loizou I have been following the reports and aftermath of the passports issue and the corruption involved that has targeted the Republic of Cyprus Republic in recent months and it seems that there is some sort of race of who will make the noisiest announcements. I have long wondered where all these people,
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Cyprus will be taking delivery at noon on Saturday of the first 10,000 coronavirus vaccines purchased from Pfizer-BioNTech, the first pharmaceutical company whose medication has been approved by the European authorities. Welcoming the shipment will be EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and Cyprus Health Minister Constantinou Ioannou, after which the vaccines will be transport under
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