Following Cyprus’ first two coronavirus cases, consumers have taken to stockpiling personal hygiene and non-perishable food items, as supermarkets handle twice the traffic they would normally see. Although nowhere near the levels
Cyprus on Wednesday started enforcing emergency measures introduced to limit the spread of coronavirus by banning mass gatherings, closing schools while the country’s two largest state hospitals were in lockdown. Following news
Famagusta General Hospital will serve as the reference hospital for coronavirus patients and has already undergone an emergency management drill to handle an outbreak of the deadly disease. Permanent Secretary of the
Cyprus tourism is in damage limitation mode from the coronavirus outbreak as it faces a “very difficult year”, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said. Perdios has briefed the cabinet on the
The organisers of the Limassol marathon, the biggest racing event on the island, announced late Tuesday that they have postponed the event as a precautionary measure because of the coronavirus fears and
Worried about the social and economic impact of telling thousands of people who have travelled from Greece and the UK to self-isolate, Cypriot authorities made a quick U-turn on Tuesday changing the
Cyprus on Tuesday introduced emergency measures to limit the spread of coronavirus by banning mass gatherings and closing schools while checkpoints across the island’s divide remain shuttered. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said
The education system in the occupied north of Cyprus will shut down for a week, after the Turkish Cypriot coalition decided to close all schools until Monday 16 March. The announcement was
Cyprus’ Health Ministry on Tuesday issued revised self-isolation instructions to cover people who do not have any symptoms but have travelled to the UK and Greece where there is an outbreak of
Nicosia General Hospital on Tuesday suspended services after the head of its heart surgery became the island’s first case of novel coronavirus while authorities are checking some 150 samples from his work
