Новости за 26.03.2020

The cabinet on Thursday green-lit and then submitted to parliament a supplementary state budget of approximately €360m as relief for individuals and businesses impacted by measures imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus. The associated budget bills are to be discussed Friday at the House finance committee and – depending...

People wishing to get tested for Covid-19 may now do so on their own initiative and expense by visiting private labs, the health ministry said Thursday. Samples taken by the designated labs will be sent to the Institute of Neurology and Genetics for final processing. The information will then be...

The US government on Thursday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and more than a dozen other top Venezuelan officials on charges of “narco-terrorism,” the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign aimed at ousting the socialist leader. The State Department offered a reward of up to $15 million for information leading...

The ministry of labour, in collaboration with the Commissioner for Volunteerism and non-governmental organisations as the project coordinator, is putting together a support network for home deliveries of medicines or essential goods like foodstuffs to vulnerable groups who have no family support. The scheme will go operational as of Monday, March 30. It...

Nine new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the north on Thursday, bringing the total to 56. The condition of two German tourists has worsened and they are now being treated in a designated space at a hospital in north Nicosia, where they are on ventilators. Meanwhile authorities announced pay...

Another 14 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday in the government-controlled areas, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 146, up from the 132 reported on Wednesday evening. According to the health ministry, four of the new cases arrived from overseas, eight were identified after contact tracing, one...

Three coronavirus patients are on ventilators at the Limassol general hospital, among them a doctor working at the Paphos hospital, it was announced on Thursday. The condition of the three persons is stable, the executive director of the Limassol-Paphos hospitals, Christos Nicolaou said. The Paphos doctor, who was in self-isolation,...

Governments across Europe are turning to technology to track the spread of the coronavirus and monitor people under quarantine, an approach that seeks to learn from Asia but is also putting the region’s privacy rules to the test. From Helsinki to Madrid, applications are being developed for people to report...

As of Thursday, employers must file their social insurance contributions for the month of February – payments due at end of March – only via the JCC Smart website or the Social Insurance Services’ online system for subscribers of that service. In addition to the online payments via JCC, all...

The Road Transport Department has announced that MOT certificates for vehicles expiring after March 29 and  which would normally need to be renewed by that date, shall now continue to be valid until April 30. The department said the measure was being taken to limit people’s visits to mechanics for...

It can seem that one of the most common adverts before a YouTube video or on our Facebook timeline is one about investing. From stories of those who started in their bedrooms and became young millionaires, to professional sites that help you learn the ropes, financial trading is something that...

The cabinet on Thursday approved a bill suspending repayment of loans for nine months and a €2bn stimulus plan in a bid to boost liquidity in the economy amid the ongoing crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic. “The entire government policy … aims at preserving jobs and avoiding bankruptcies,” Finance...

Indonesia is urgently building new hospitals as the country’s public health system is at risk of being overwhelmed amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Half a million more people including children are living in poverty, as the number of low-income households reaches a record high. Data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimated that the number of people living in a relative low-income household after housing costs had risen to 14.5 million...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Thursday announced that the cabinet has approved emergency aid of €50,000 to animal welfare organisations to help them buy food for stray dogs and cats while restrictions in movement are in place. According to the minister, this is in recognition of the important role played...

This year’s Wimbledon Championships have so far survived the cull of the world’s most prestigious sporting events due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it seems only a matter of time before they are postponed or cancelled. With London in its first week of lockdown, All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC)...

Extending school and work closures at the coronavirus’ ground zero in China may delay a second wave of infections, researchers said on Thursday, urging the rest of the world to take note. With containment measures largely successful and the epidemic’s epicentre now in Europe, China has loosened a two-month lockdown...

From the time the government imposed a curfew on Tuesday at 6pm until Thursday morning at 7am a total of 6,822 checks were carried out and 445 drivers and pedestrians have been booked, Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides said on Thursday after a cabinet meeting. A total of 20,510 inspections have...

Limassol police said on Thursday they are investigating whether the Limassol bishopric broke the law by allowing a mass to take place in church on Tuesday. The case emerged after Sigma TV showed in one of its reports that more people than the permitted amount were let into the church...

The cabinet on Thursday approved a bill amending the law on spot fines to include a €150 fine for offenders breaking quarantine orders issued by the health minister. The fine will be imposed by police officers on anyone violating the restrictions in circulation and other bans introduced by the government...

As of 18.30 more than 503,000 people have been infected across the world and over 22,340 have died but at the same time 121,227 people have recovered. Summer is unlikely to stop the spread of the virus, and every country in Europe is forecast to run out of intensive care beds...

Employers (OEV) on Thursday called for cuts to the public payroll as part of measures to fight the economic fallout of the coronavirus epidemic. In a letter to the president, OEV chairman Giorgos Petrou emphasised the importance of utilising all available resources immediately to prevent paralysis of the real economy....

Name: Dang Shen (Codonopsis pilosula) Otherwise known as: Poor Man’s Ginseng, Codonopsis Habitat: A climbing perennial of the Campanulaceae family growing up to 2m in fertile thickets in mountain ranges and native to northern China. It has broad, heart-shaped leaves with green and purple pendulous, bell-like flowers on long thin...

The Animal Party on Thursday said they would not tolerate, not even as a joke, online ads offering dogs for rent to be taken for walks in a bid to take advantage of the ban on movement. The party announcement follows several posts on social media by dog owners that...

Health experts in Cyprus are examining Chloroquine to see if it is effective against the coronavirus, it emerged on Thursday. According to microbiology and molecular virology professor Petros Karayiannis, who sits on the health ministry’s advisory committee, a subgroup was looking at the drug, which some have touted as being...