Cyprus’ cabinet on Thursday faces tough decisions on the next steps before Greek Orthodox Easter as COVID-19 cases are at record highs putting hospitals under pressure. The meeting chaired by Nicos Anastasiades begins at 11, when ministers will be briefed on the latest COVID-19 data, the situation in the hospitals and ICUs before making decisions
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Even before the tourist season kicks off, 100,000 seats from Russia have been lost overnight due to Cyprus’ bad COVID-19 performance. Local tour operators confirmed to the Financial Mirror they have been informed by sources in Russia, the island’s second-largest tourist source, that chartered flights to Cyprus will be grounded until 1 June. Aviation industry
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Cyprus saw a small drop in daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday to 843, from Tuesday’s record 941, but the number of hospitalisations increased to an all-time high of 291, nearing the health system’s critical 300-bed capacity. The hospital’s authority said it might activate the next stage in its services to accommodate 400 patients. The health
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades underlined Wednesday a solution to the Cyprus Problem is determined by UN decisions and resolutions. The two leaders met in Athens to coordinate action ahead of an informal UN-led five party-summit in Geneva on the Cyprus Issue next week. Turkey has intimated it wants to
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According to the University of Cyprus Economics Research Centre, the island’s GDP growth is projected at a slower 3.3% for 2021, accelerating to 3.6% next year. April’s growth forecast for 2021 was revised downwards from February (3.7%) due to the smaller-than-projected contraction in GDP in 2020 and impediments to economic activity caused by the January
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The latest data released by European airport body ACI EUROPE shows a deepening crisis in the travel sector, with air traffic in a continuing downward spiral shedding millions of passengers. Passenger traffic in Q1 slumped by -81.7% across the European airport network, compared to the same period pre-pandemic (Q1 2019). This marked a further decrease
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Cyprus could tighten COVID-19 lockdown measures at any time after the third wave stoked a record-high 941 daily infections, warned government scientists. In comments to CyBC, Dr Maria Koliou, epidemiologists advising the government on handling the pandemic, said the surge in cases had stretched the healthcare system. The COVID team of scientists met on Tuesday
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Cyprus will start using the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson after health authorities gave it the green light to be included in the country’s vaccination rollout. Some 2,400 doses of the single-shot vaccine were received earlier this month but put on ice, pending a European Medicines Agency (EMA) investigation into a handful
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Cyprus has remodelled its vaccination schedule by giving age groups only 12 hours to book their appointment, as Cypriots continue to shun AstraZeneca. Those aged 49 and 50 were initially allowed to book an appointment from Wednesday morning to Thursday night; now, they have until 8 pm Wednesday to grab a slot. The portal opened
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A gold-backed digital asset has been added to one of the world’s largest financial advisory and fintech organisation’s cryptocurrency app. The deVere Group added Pax Gold (PAXG) to its deVere Crypto platform to join other major digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, Cardano, Bitcoin Cash, XRP and Dogecoin. Each PAXG token is backed by a
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