An emergency cabinet session on Sunday decided to lock down the country and seriously curtail economic activity in unprecedented measures to prevent a Cyprus epidemic of coronavirus. Bars, cafes, restaurants, cinemas and sports/leisure facilities will shut for four weeks as the government declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak. “The following decisions were
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As part of draconian measures to contain the coronavirus, Cypriots and residents arriving in Cyprus will be automatically quarantined for 14 days at a government facility, authorities said Sunday. From 6 pm on Monday anybody who intends to travel to Cyprus will only be permitted if they have a medical certificate confirming they are not
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Cyprus businesses are trying to find ways of surviving the COVID19 crisis as the outbreak takes its toll on the workplace and commercial activity. As the number of cases rises, and people refrain from their daily routine from fear of contracting the virus, sectors critical for the economy such as tourism, services and commerce are
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As the number of confirmed Cyprus Republic coronavirus cases climbed to 26 in only a week, state health services announced the closure of Paphos hospital and banned patient visits to stop the virus spreading within hospitals. The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that five new cases were confirmed making a total of 32 islandwide
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Throughout the week, as the panic picked up momentum over the worldwide spread of COVID-19 and its potential impact on Cyprus, health warnings prompted public services to limit their physical interaction. Venues shut down, while others announced strict sanitation measures to control any illness, as well as for peace of mind. Has no one read
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This is not wishful thinking, but with the prevailing changes in Government, we hope that real estate matters will be better treated with increased care and attention. If we were in charge, our first job would be, to implant into the minds of the civil servants that they are there to help and interpret the
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The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), primarily involved in project finance in eastern and southern Europe, and central Asia, announced an emergency ‘solidarity package’ of €1 bln to help busineses deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The bank said in an announcement that as an initial response to the crisis, “it
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We stood on these shores waiting for the inevitable to transpire until it was all hands on deck to navigate through the coronavirus storm that washed normality away. Everyone inside our exclusion zone is now a potential threat to public health in a society that is quickly learning to become contactless and distant. As the
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Cyprus tourism is in damage limitation mode from the coronavirus outbreak as it faces a disastrous year, with hoteliers and tour operators pleading for state help as they find themselves on the brink of collapse. Cyprus enjoyed record tourist arrivals of 3.97 million last year, but the coronavirus pandemic may bring arrivals significantly down as
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As Cyprus saw coronavirus cases reach double figures this week, molecular virologists are warning the island may face the same fate of Italy and China if more measures are not introduced immediately. Head of the Molecular Medicine Research Centre, Constantinos Deltas told Philelefteros daily that he expected the number of cases to take off before
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