Cyprus on Wednesday started enforcing emergency measures introduced to limit the spread of coronavirus by banning mass gatherings, closing schools while the country’s two largest state hospitals were in lockdown. Following news
Famagusta General Hospital will serve as the reference hospital for coronavirus patients and has already undergone an emergency management drill to handle an outbreak of the deadly disease. Permanent Secretary of the
Cyprus tourism is in damage limitation mode from the coronavirus outbreak as it faces a “very difficult year”, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said. Perdios has briefed the cabinet on the
Worried about the social and economic impact of telling thousands of people who have travelled from Greece and the UK to self-isolate, Cypriot authorities made a quick U-turn on Tuesday changing the
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
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
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
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
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
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
