In-Cyprus

• Covid-19 in Cyprus: How things stand

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  The Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Health Ministry released on Thursday a new study on coronavirus in Cyprus for the period of March to...

• One death, 38 new coronavirus cases in Cyprus

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  One woman died and another 38 people tested positive for coronavirus from 1226  tests carried out islandwide, the Health Ministry said on...

• Closure of schools, universities extended to April 30

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  The Education Ministry has announced that classes at all schools and universities in Cyprus will continue to be suspended until April 30 as part...

• Baby mouflon rescued by Game Service

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  The Game Service has rescued a newborn mouflon (pictured) found injured on March 20 in the Paphos forest near the Pomos community. In an...

• Covid-19 deaths among UK Cypriots surges above 150

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  The number of UK Cypriots who have died from Covid-19 has exceeded 150, according to figures compiled by the British Cypriot newspaper Parikiaki....

• Are you a Cypriot stranded abroad? We want to hear from you

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  Thousands of Cypriots are stranded abroad as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak; students, people who had travelled for a short period, expats who...

• Wider testing to help guide decisions at end of pandemic

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  The results of wider coronavirus testing will be helpful to decision makers when the time comes to consider easing the lockdown, Dr Petros...

• Government to spend €850m in direct support by June amid coronavirus crisis

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  The government announced the extension of measures to companies and self-employed persons hit by the coronavirus outbreak until June 12,...

• IMF chief says pandemic will unleash worst recession since Great Depression

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  The pandemic sweeping the world will turn global economic growth “sharply negative” in 2020, triggering the worst fallout since the...

• Cyprus Helpers COVID-19: The 2,000-volunteer initiative that helps the needy (photos)

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  Cyprus Helpers COVID-19 is a group of volunteers who have come together to help those in need impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic....

• Archbishop backs lockdown extension

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  The Church of Cyprus will backs strict compliance with the lockdown aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus, Archbishop Chrysostomos assured...

• Call centre for those who cannot access 8998 service

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  A call centre has been set up for those who cannot use the 8998 SMS service to obtain permission to leave the house under the stay at home decree....

• Sales of motor vehicles drop by 36% due to coronavirus outbreak

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  Sale of motor vehicles in March dropped by 36.2% year on year in March affected by containment measures implemented by the government to curb the...

• Malta and Cyprus will have Europe’s lowest Covid death rate, study finds

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  Malta and Cyprus will have the lowest death toll among European countries during the ‘first wave’ of the Covid-19 pandemic with 19 and...

• All but one on private jets were medical cases, says ministry

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  All but one of the passengers who repatriated to Cyprus in private jets were patients who were being transferred from hospitals abroad, the...

• Heavy rain, hailstorm lash Nicosia (photos)

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  Heavy rain and hail lashed Nicosia around midday on Thursday, as the Met Office issued a yellow alert warning of thunderstorms. The alert is...

• Pass the salt: The minute details that helped Germany build virus defences

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  One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to borrow the salt. As well as the saltshaker, in that...

• Health Minister extends measures to contain coronavirus spread

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  The Health Minister, in a new decree, extended until April 30 measures already in force to contain the spread of coronavirus. According to the...

• Blood donors respond to Blood Bank’s call for donations

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  The Blood Bank announced on Thursday the moving response of donors to its call for urgent donations, reversing the adverse climate that had formed...

• London flight to repatriate 96

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  The Foreign and Transport Ministries said on Thursday that a Cyprus Airways flight is due at Larnaca Airport from London at around 9 pm tonight....