Cyprus’ safe travel list is dwindling as there are now just eight countries from which travellers do not need to present a negative COVID-19 test to gain entry as fear of Europe’s second wave grow. It will be knocking four countries entirely off the list while demoting another two from Category A (no test needed)
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Cyprus health authorities reported only three new Covid-19 cases on Monday after a roller-coaster week of double-digit infections, including a massive group case that sent an entire football team into quarantine and a bishop into self-isolation. The health ministry said that that the three new SARS-CoV-2 cases included a person who had all the symptoms
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Despite encouraging steps taken in the case of Greece, Turkey chooses to escalate tensions with Cyprus after the renewal of gas drills in Cypriot waters, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides told the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). According to diplomatic sources, Christodoulides reminded his counterparts of the political understanding reached unanimously at last month’s Gymnich which
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US Ambassador Judith Garber handed over essential personal protective equipment valued at €15,000, including 13,000 face masks and 600 goggles to COVID-19 reference hospital Famagusta General. The donation was organised together with the US European Command and took place in the presence of Defence Attaché, Colonel Roger Bowman. Garber said the US Embassy “is very
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Cyprus Health Ministry called on churchgoers who visited the Larnaca Bishopric between 14-18 September to get tested for COVID-19 at a state facility, after a cluster formed among members of staff including Bishop Nektarios. The Health Ministry on Monday urged people who have visited the Kition Bishopric to call the hotline 1412, stating the nature
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Alkis Iacovides, an avid motor enthusiast, a pioneer in niche car brand dealerships and Cyprus distributor for Porsche and Harley Davidson, died on Sunday. He was 69. Having been involved in the family business that included real estate and other investments, Alkis Iacovides got involved in the motor trade as the Nicosia partner of the
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equity markets kicked off Monday on the back foot following three weeks of consecutive declines in US stocks, which marked the longest weekly losing streak since 2019. Investors are becoming increasingly worried about the momentum in the economic recovery given the resurgent numbers of Covid-19 cases worldwide
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The average age of COVID-19 cases in Cyprus remains relatively young at 31 since July, according to the latest epidemiological infographic bulletin issued by the Health Ministry. The low median age of cases is attributed to the fact that people aged between 18-40 are more likely to move around and have more contacts. This prompted
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Greece and Cyprus have a “single but firm diplomatic front” in the eastern Mediterranean based on international law, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Monday in Nicosia during her first foreign trip. Sakellaropoulou arrived at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia where she began a two-day visit, her first official trip abroad after assuming her duties.
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Turkish Cypriot health authorities reported six coronavirus cases on Sunday the lowest level recorded this month after reporting 43 cases in the previous two days. Sunday’s six cases were reported from a lower number of 1,105 tests carried out. It is only the third time this month, that authorities in the north reported single-digit cases
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