The numbers of COVID patients in ICUs and Acute Care Units have increased in the past ten days, alerting health authorities to seek help from the private sector. In comments to Phileleftheros daily, OKYPY spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou said: “The number of patients with coronavirus is on the rise. “The number of patients in ACUs and
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Cyprus will deal with Turkish threats in the best possible diplomatic way with support from the EU, said President Nicos Anastasiades over rising East Med tensions. Anastasiades commented to reporters after being asked why Brussels had delayed in reacting to Turkey’s provocations against Cyprus. He said Brussels was engaged on the issue and remained concerned.
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Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides and ESM chief Klaus Regling highlighted the importance of implementing the Recovery and Resilience plans to diversify the economy in boosting growth potential post-pandemic. Regling in Cyprus to attend the 17th Economist Summit in Nicosia, met with Petrides Tuesday and discussed the economic outlook, the ESM treaty ratification and the national strategy
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COVID-19 booster shots will be available for people over 40 from Wednesday, provided that six months have elapsed since they were fully vaccinated, the Health Ministry said. People over 40 who want the third dose of a COVID-19 jab can visit a walk-in vaccination centre or book their appointment online. Booster shots will be delivered
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By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian markets pushed higher on Tuesday, despite the lacklustre session on Wall Street overnight, as investors evaluated President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping’s first virtual face-to-face summit. Given the escalating tensions between the United States and China, this development was a breath of fresh air and
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No EU state is currently on Cyprus’ COVID-19 safest green travel list after health authorities demoted Malta to the riskier orange category. At the same time, Israel was promoted to orange, up from the high-risk red, while Andorra drops to red from orange. Most EU countries, 20, are now in the high-risk category where a
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Cyprus tourist arrivals for 2021 are adequate given the continued disruptions to holiday travel due to the COVID pandemic, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said. He noted that arrivals for the first ten months to October were 45% of 2019 when a record 3.97 million tourists visited Cyprus. This year’s results are considered “satisfactory”
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ExxonMobil is scheduled to drill an appraisal well at its Glaucus gas discovery in Block 10 by the end of this month or early December at the latest. In February 2019, ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum (now QatarEnergy) announced a discovery following the drilling of the Glafcos-1 well, with an estimated 5-8 tcf of natural
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths for the third day in a row on Monday and the eleventh this month, as the number of new daily cases shot up to 354 and hospitalisations edged further to 88. The Health Ministry said in its daily Covid bulletin that the death toll since the pandemic started remained at
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Health authorities are not contemplating taking extra measures against the unvaccinated to stem an uptick of COVID-19 cases like other EU states, said head scientist Dr Constantinos Tsioutis. Following a meeting with Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Monday, Dr Tsioutis, heading the team of government advisors on COVID-19, said there is no suggestion of imposing
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