A middle-aged man and two elderly people died of COVID-19 in Cyprus, the health ministry announced on Wednesday, with 292 new cases raising the total of coronavirus infections since the pandemic started to 11,175. The three brought the death toll to 52, of whom 35 were men and 17 women, with an average age of
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Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has asked for EU support to help Cyprus manage the steep influx of migrants seeking asylum, especially those crossing from the Turkish occupied north. He said 11 quarantine areas are operating at maximum capacity at reception centres. Three out of four illegal migrants enter the Republic through the UN-controlled buffer zone,
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Employers cannot justify laying off staff by blaming the coronavirus crisis, as the government will continue to support businesses until the end of the year, said Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou. Emilianidou argued that employers have no right to sack staff or create redundancies, as the new furlough programme extended to December will subsidise 60% of
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Experts advising the government on coronavirus warned that if new measures fail to flatten the spike there will be “second thoughts” about a partial rollback for the festive season. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency, member of the COVID, a virologist at the University of Nicosia Medical School, Peter Karayiannis said Tuesday’s record 318
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Cyprus hoteliers are placing their money on a new three-tier safe travel list, which the government is working on for the next tourist season, granting conditional entry to all travellers. According to the Director General of the Cyprus Hotel Association, Philokypros Rousounides, authorities are preparing a new three-tier safe travel list which will not prohibit
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Scientists are worried about the high percentage of younger people belonging to vulnerable groups exposed to the second wave of coronavirus washing across the island. Experts argue that younger people need to limit their contacts to stay safe. Head of the government’s team of coronavirus scientists, Dr Constantinos Tsioutis, warned that many young people belong
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The UK Government is ready to engage in any meetings to support the Cyprus reunification process, European Neighbourhood Minister Wendy Morton told the National Federation of UK Cypriots. The Foreign Office Minister welcomes the UN Secretary General’s “continued willingness to work with the parties to conduct in-depth consultations on a way forward and echo his
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In its efforts to continuously improve the quality of services offered to the public, the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy has launched a new call centre to provide support and information on issues related to Covid-19. It said the move is in recognition of the difficult circumstances Cypriot society is facing because of
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Hellenic Bank posted a net profit of €40 mln in the first nine months marking a 55% dip in profits from last year, due to increased provisions to cover credit loss during the pandemic. In the third quarter of 2020, Cyprus’ largest retail bank posted a net profit of €22.3 mln following a profit of
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Cyprus reported a new high of 318 cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Tuesday, almost half of which were a backlog of confirmations from rapid tests conducted on earlier days. The Health Ministry said that of the 10,962 tests, some 3,233 employed the molecular PCR method producing 186 new coronavirus, while 132 were confirmations of the antigen
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