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 crossings would remain closed until March 18, events, parades and concerts would be cancelled until the end of the month while football
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The flagship Ayia Napa Marina project is in the final phase of its construction, gearing up for the start of operations, with the main infrastructure building works nearing completion. This marks a milestone for the iconic project, promoting development and projecting the power of Cypriot entrepreneurship, which will, upon completion, contribute significantly to showcasing Cyprus’
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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 made on Tuesday by the Turkish Cypriot education chief Nazim Cavusoglu after a meeting of the ruling coalition, following the first coronavirus case
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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 COVID-19. The Health Ministry revised its instructions to the travelling public after Cyprus saw its first two coronavirus cases on Monday and Italy
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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 environment. The 64-year-old head of heart surgery Dr. Chrysostomos Kokkinos, was identified among the first two Cyprus coronavirus cases on Monday. The Health
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The first coronavirus case has been reported in the Turkish occupied north of the island. According to reports in the Turkish Cypriot media, a female German tourist aged 65, who was staying at a hotel in the Famagusta area, has tested positive for the virus after being quarantined on Monday night. The woman arrived in
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By Jameel Ahmad, Global Head of Currency Strategy and Market Research at FXTM Monday, March 9, 2020 will be remembered as a dark day for financial markets and only investors with an extreme high appetite towards taking on risk will have the stomach to price in a recovery after bourses suffered their deepest declines since
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UN peacekeeper stopped a small group of Turkish Cypriot activists bearing flowers attempting to approach Greek Cypriot police at closed Ledra Street checkpoint on Monday. A group of Turkish Cypriots activists holding flowers attempted to approach Greek Cypriot police officers at Nicosia’s Ledra Street crossing sealed off by the government to combat the spread of
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Cyprus confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus from 50 samples tested on Monday, Cypriot Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. He told a press conference the two cases were both Cypriot men – one aged 25 who had recently returned from a trip to Milan, Italy and a 64-year-old “health professional” working at a state
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Cyprus is preparing for all scenarios concerning the spread of the coronavirus, in view of the looming Easter holidays when increased travel is expected especially to and from Greece. Government Spokesperson Kyriacos Koushos told the Cyprus News Agency on Monday that “we are preparing for all possible scenarios, while are also preparing to take measures
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