The government announced Thursday it would provide another €30 mln a month to further support workers and businesses affected by the pandemic and measures introduced to tackle it. Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides and Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou announced at a joint conference a number of fresh support measures while extending already existing ones. Pledges of
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Experts expect an increase in the number of COVID-19 hospital patients over the coming days despite tougher measures which include lockdowns for Limassol and Paphos. Taking to his Twitter account on Thursday, Dr Constantinos Tsioutis, an expert in infection prevention and control, argued that “a very large load of active coronavirus has accumulated” with a
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Apart from lockdowns in Limassol and Paphos, the government has widened COVID restrictions across Cyprus with a ban on children’s play areas, campsites, conferences, visits to care homes. The government announced local lockdowns for the coastal towns of Limassol and Paphos, where coronavirus infections continue to spread faster than the rest of the island, but
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Limassol and Paphos go on lockdown Thursday as a curfew and travel ban come into effect to combat the pandemic with bars and restaurants also closing while high schools go online. Reportedly, the Cyprus Police have already drawn up an action plan to supervise the implementation of measures such a daily curfew from 8 pm
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By Prof. Philippos Patsalis November has been established as the month of social awareness about men’s health, with the characteristic name “Movember”. The specific movement aims to raise awareness about prostate cancer, the second most common type of cancer among men worldwide, as well as men’s mental health. The word Movember derives from the combination
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement on Monday that their Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing the virus has led to big market moves so far this week. While the rally in equities is remarkable, that isn’t what has captured my interest. It is the big
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Cyprus announced on Wednesday it would introduce local lockdowns in virus hotspots and other measures in a bid to curb a spike in coronavirus cases. After keeping infection numbers low through most of the summer, the island has seen daily infections rise to record three-digit figures. The health system has started to feel the strain
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Cyprus announced four more deaths of coronavirus patients, for a total seven in just 24 hours, with 165 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Wednesday, raising the number of all infections since the pandemic started in March to 6,461. The latest deaths, mainly elderly people aged 62 to 92, raised the toll attributed to COVID-19 to
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has hailed the importance of the Greece-Cyprus-Egypt trilateral cooperation, based on energy interests, for ensuring stability in the region. In joint statements with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is paying an official visit to Greece, Mitsotakis said, “the trilateral cooperation is a foundation of peace, stability, and prosperity
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UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has assured President Nicos Anastasiades of Britain’s intention to positively contribute to an informal five-party conference the UN Secretary-General seeks to convene. The assurances were given during a telephone conversation with Raab on Wednesday, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said in a written statement. Anastasiades argued that illegal activities of Turkey
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