COVID-19

COVID 19 – Decisions of the Council of Ministers to Stop the COVID-19 pandemic – Minister of Health Announcement, 09/12/2020

Below is a summary of the latest measures announced just now by the Minister of Health Mr. Constantinos Ioannou. The full text of his speech in Greek can be found Here. As translated unofficially, the Minister’s comments start as follows: “As you all know, epidemiological indicators have been deteriorating in recent days, the worst since the […]

COVID-19; Minister of Health Announcement on further Government Decisions, 27/11/20

As per latest announcement by the Minister of Health, Mr. Constantinos Ioannou ((here in Greek) here are the key comments isolated from the Minister’s speech in Greek: “Lately the Health System is under pressure. The patients we are treating today are the positive cases of coronavirus that we had 10 days ago and showed deterioration. During […]

Announcement from the Civil Registry and Migration Department as regards the issuance of MEU1 and MEU3 to British citizens and their family members

Due to the citizen movement restrictions to and from districts, which are imposed at regular intervals, due to the covid-19 Pandemic, the Civil Registry and Migration Department, calls British citizens and their family members, to submit their application for their MEU1 and MEU3 as soon as possible. Please keep in mind that a reasonable time […]

COVID-19 – The population testing program with the method of rapid antigen detection continues with 16 testing locations as of tomorrow November 20th

As per the Ministry of Health Announcement, the population control program with the method of rapid antigen detection, which takes place from November 16, continues in the following days. Wanting to cover more communities, the Sampling Stations that will operate tomorrow will be 16 and from tomorrow, November 20, 2020, and until further notice, will […]

COVID-19 – Ministry of Health – Prohibition of travel to and from the Provinces of Limassol and Paphos – 12/11/2020

Unofficial translation of the details released that relate to the Prohibition of Travel. Following the emergency measures announced yesterday to curb the coronavirus pandemic in the Limassol and Paphos Provinces, it is clarified that the movement of persons from both Provinces as well as between the two Provinces is prohibited for recreational or any other purposes, […]

COVID-19 – Joint Conference of Minister of Finance and Minister of Labour on the new Support Package

The Minister of Finance and the Minister of Labour held a joint conference today here in Greek, announcing key support measures for those affected by the latest lockdown. Briefly the measures announced are the following: Employee subsidy scheme (Awaiting Details from Labour Ministry) Subsidy Plan for Companies that are under mandatory full suspension, in accordance with the […]

COVID-19 – Update on Restrictive Measures as communicated by the Minister of Health Mr. Constantinos Ioannou – 11/11/2020

As per Ministry of Health announcement Full Text in Greek key measures have been agreed at a national and local level (for Limassol and Paphos at this stage). The final decisions were taken in line with the recommendations of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The Minister of Health and the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit are […]

COVID-19 Epidemiological risk assessment of countries concerning COVID-19, dated 06/11/2020, effective as of November 9th, 2020

As per Ministry of Health Announcement, the epidemiological picture of various countries with regard to the COVID-19 disease has been re-evaluated by the Epidemiological Monitoring and Control of Infectious Diseases Unit of the Medical Services and the Public Health Services. The evaluation was based on the epidemiological indicators of the countries, such as: the effective […]

COVID-19 Update 05.11/20- Measures as announced by the Minister of Health Mr Constantinos Ioannou

As per speech of the Minister of Health, Mr. Constantinos Ioannou Here in English, the following measures announced are categorized in three groups as follows: Category A. Medium-term measures in force across Cyprus for the period 5 November 2020 – 15 January 2021: The regulation for the operation of indoor and open-air cinemas, theatres and […]

COVID-19 – Improvement on the briefing procedures of persons testing positive for the virus and their close contacts

As per Ministry of Health Announcement, in the light of the increased COVID-19 cases being recorded daily and in an effort to improve on the briefing procedures of persons testing positive to the virus as well as of their close contacts, the Tracing Team of the Epidemiological Monitoring Unit has proceeded to bring changes to […]