COVID-19 referral hospital Famagusta General has evacuated its pathology ward to make more room for coronavirus patients as their numbers have shot up this week. The pathology department of the Famagusta General Hospital will now be treating coronavirus patients, the hospital’s management said on Friday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the hospital received instructions
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The coronavirus second wave is now widespread in Cyprus with the 14-day cumulative rate of COVID-19 reaching its highest point at 158.1 per 100,000 population. Cyprus latest 14-day cumulative rate updated until 24 October is the highest recorded since the pandemic broke out in March. It is three times higher than the rate recorded during
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Women in Cyprus and the European Union are virtually absent from jobs related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as less than two in 10 employed in the industry are female. According to data in the latest EU Gender Equality Index for 2020, put together by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), just 18.3%
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After Cyprus was removed from the British government’s safe Travel Corridors list, the UK Foreign Office (FCDO) has advised against non-essential travel to the island. British holidaymakers in Cyprus have until 4 am on 1 November to get home before quarantine restrictions come into force. Cyprus had marketed itself as a safe COVID destination throughout
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said he was horrified by the attack in Nice on Thursday and has expressed solidarity to French President Emmanuel Macron. “Horrified and saddened by the attack at #Nice this morning,” President Anastasiades wrote on his Twitter account in French. “President @EmmanuelMacron and our French friends, we share your pain and we
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Carmakers had a rough start to 2020, with worldwide auto production and sales having slumped amid the coronavirus outbreak. Supply chain disruptions, factory closures, and sales drops had a massive impact on the largest automobile manufactures, causing a sharp fall in their revenues. According to data compiled by StockApps.com, the Volkswagen Group, Toyota, and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
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By Zacharias Kapsis According to the Merchant Shipping Laws of 1963, the main statutes for all matters relating to the registration of ships and related transactions in the Register of Cyprus Ships, a mortgage against a ship flying the Cyprus flag can be registered at any time after the completion of the vessel’s registration (provisional
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Cyprus reported 121 new SARS-CoV-2 cases on Thursday, with the total in the Republic since the pandemic started in March rising to 4,051. On Wednesday, the new cases numbered 113. Of the 2,530 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, most were native infections, with only 6 traced to arriving passengers at Larnaca and Paphos
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With coronavirus cases soaring, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps on Thursday removed Cyprus from Britain’s safe travel list. People arriving in the UK from Cyprus will have to quarantine from Sunday. The travel corridor list is reviewed every Thursday with Shapps delivering the bad news via Twitter. “TRAVEL CORRIDOR UPDATE: We are REMOVING CYPRUS and LITHUANIA
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Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is the fourth government minister to be self-isolating after one of his close associates tested positive for coronavirus. He has since tested negative for COVID-19 but in accordance with health protocols as a close contact of a positive case, Christodoulides has been in self-isolation since Wednesday afternoon. The Cyprus News
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