A late-stage US clinical trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine found the jab was effective in preventing COVID-19, while also being safe to use, easing concerns over blood clotting incidents in Europe. AstraZeneca announced Monday that the stage three trials carried out with 32,449 participants reported no evidence of the thrombosis-related events that have concerned
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During a tour to inspect Nicosia’s new development projects, President Nicos Anastasiades praised the capital’s expensively revamped Eleftheria Square, undergoing a facelift for 11 years. Accompanied by Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis, Anastasiades on the side-lines of promoting the old town as an innovation hub, said Eleftheria Square is a landmark for Cyprus, and not just
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Mexican authorities have released the captain of a Cyprus-flag bulk carrier after being acquitted of drug traffic-related charges and freed, having been denied a trial and in jail for the past 20 months. Nineteen Filipinos and three Polish seafarers were detained on July 28, 2019, after large quantities of cocaine were found onboard the ship
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Larnaca’s vaccination capacity increased on Monday after health authorities opened a new COVID-19 centre at the arrivals terminal of the port. The Health Ministry said 220 people were to get their COVID-19 jab at Larnaca Port on Monday, which has taken over from a centre previously set up at the offices of civil servants’ union
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Cyprus tops EU charts for COVID-19 testing while ranking fifth in the 27-member bloc for its vaccination rollout, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The Health Ministry said Cyprus would continue to rely on free mass rapid testing to keep coronavirus in check, as one-fifth of the population took a COVID-19 test last week. Cyprus
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Cyprus police are investigating a group of COVID-defiers who live-streamed on social media partying at a Limassol restaurant, publicly flouting Health Ministry decrees and taunting the force. A woman dancing in the video clips and a restaurant employee were slapped with €300 fines while police try to identify other people present at the gathering. A
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There were high levels of dust in the skies over Cyprus on Monday with treble the accepted limit in Paphos while Limassol was relatively bad, according to measurements of the Air Quality Monitoring Network. Ayia Marina Xyliatou, outside Nicosia in the Troodos foothills, had the highest concentration of dust registering 244.6 μg/m3. Dust refers to respirable
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Cyprus has reviewed its colour-coded COVID-19 safe travel risk assessment scheme upgrading Ireland from the red category to orange, while demoting Norway and Denmark to red. There is no change in green, which currently hosts five countries – Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia – while the quarantine requirement for Britain may be
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Turkey has returned to financial market headlines following President Erdogan’s decision to fire the country’s hawkish central bank head on Saturday. The Turkish Lira tumbled 14% against the dollar as trading kicked off in Asia to become one of the worst performing emerging market currencies against the
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Cyprus recorded a drop in new coronavirus cases to 336, down from 407 the previous day, but close to the over-300 infections reported daily throughout the week, culminating with 364 on Friday. The total of all infections to date is 42,218. The health ministry said that one person died of COVID-19 and the number hospital
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