Новости за 30.03.2020

Salary deductions to support phase 2 of Gesy will be reduced from April until the end of June as part of the emergency package to deal with the coronavirus, Finance Minister Constatinos Petrides said on Monday. For March, an employee will be deducted 2.65 per cent as previously agreed, with...

The coronavirus epidemic in the United Kingdom is showing signs of slowing and antibody tests could be ready in days, Neil Ferguson, a professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London, said on Monday. “We think the epidemic is just about slowing in the UK right now,” Ferguson told BBC...

Turkey must carry on producing and “keep wheels turning” through the coronavirus pandemic to support exports and sustain the supply of basic goods, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, as the number of confirmed cases topped 10,000. Ankara has taken strict measures to limit social contact to prevent the spread...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on Monday for healthcare workers elsewhere to help the state’s overwhelmed hospitals battle the coronavirus and made a plea for bipartisanship and “partnership” with U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at a makeshift hospital in Manhattan preparing to receive its first patients on Monday, Cuomo...

A psychological support line was launched on Monday for people infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) in Cyprus, the health ministry said. According to the ministry, the psychological support will be to aid individuals already infected by the virus, with pre-existing psychological conditions. The phone lines will be monitored by the state...

The non-governmental organisation Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre will be donating €300,000 worth of electronic equipment for needy students so that they can take part in distance-learning measures, the organisation said on Monday. The head of the NGO, Jospeh Borghese said: “It is our priority, as an organisation, to...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday announced a curfew between 9pm and 6am every night as part of an ever-tightening raft of measures to restrict movement. The new measures will be in force from 6am on Tuesday. The fine for those found disobeying the ban on movement has been doubled...

The finance ministry on Monday issued a decree ordering all licensed banks in Cyprus to suspend the collection of loan installments – including interest – until the end of the year. The decree comes a day after parliament passed the relevant government legislation, part of a raft of actions to...

Ruling Disy MP Nicos Tornaritis said on Monday he had suggested that his party’s MPs voluntarily dock their pay to help cover the costs of battling coronavirus. In a post on social media, the MP said he has filed the request with the accountant general for a 40 per cent...

The ministry of labour on Monday posted online some of the applications for benefits related to employment or sick leave due to the coronavirus situation, pledging that the first payments would be made by April 14. The relevant information and the applications are available at the ministry’s website at www.coronavirus.mlsi.gov.cy....

The ministry of labour has clarified who is eligible for the special sick leave benefit due to coronavirus. The scheme covers the period March 16 to April 14, and applies to persons employed in the private sector and to the self-employed. There are four categories. First, individuals categorised as belonging...

The first batch of medical supplies and protection gear for state hospitals from China will arrive in the island on Saturday, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. In response to criticism over lack of protective equipment and other indispensable materials in state hospitals, the minister said there is enough...

The health ministry on Monday announced one more death and 16 new cases of Covid-19 bringing the total confirmed cases to 230, five of which are in the British bases. One more death, a 77-year-old man, was also announced, bringing the total to seven. Two of the sixteen new cases...

Turkish Cypriot authorities on Monday announced an overnight curfew as the total number of coronavirus cases in the north reached 69 after five more people tested positive. The five cases concern one person from the Karpasia area, two from Lapithos and two from Kioneli. Three people of the 69 are...

Five new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the north on Monday. This brings the total number to 69. The five cases concern one person from the Karpasia area, two from Lapithos and two from Kioneli. A 73-year-old German tourist who was in hospital in the north with coronavirus died last...

Italy’s measures to halt coronavirus contagion do not seem to be working and it should change its strategy by setting up centres to separate people with suspected symptoms from their families, a prominent Italian scientist said on Monday. Italy, which has suffered the world’s highest death toll from coronavirus, has...

 The centrally organised government scheme establishing a home delivery service of medicines and essential goods to vulnerable groups without family support went operational on Monday, said Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki. The scheme was put in place by the ministry of labour in collaboration with the commissioner, non-governmental organisations and private...

The tax department announced on Monday a three-month extension on the deadline for submitting income tax returns, normally due by March 31. In line with the measures taken after the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, the tax department issued a new submission deadline for the 2018 income tax returns. The submission of...

By Prudence Wade In trying times, sometimes you need some fun to distract you from everything going on. Fashion can be a hugely powerful tool – to make political statements, express your personality, and sometimes, bring a bit of joy to your life. This is where the trend for uber...

Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it made a $1 billion deal with the U.S. government to create enough manufacturing capacity for more than 1 billion doses of a vaccine it is testing to fight the new coronavirus that has killed more than 34,000 people around the world. Johnson and...

The coronavirus outbreak at the heart of the UK government spread on Monday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, self-isolating with symptoms just days after the British leader himself tested positive. A Downing Street spokesman said Cummings, one of the most powerful men in the government, had...

Nearly all primary and secondary schools have uploaded materials on e-learning platforms, but a decision on whether online teaching will continue during the Easter holidays has not yet been made, head of the paedagogical institute Athina Michaelidou said on Monday. “The ministry will continue to upload materials during the holidays,...

The Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) and the Cyprus Pharmaceutical Association appealed to the public on Monday not to stockpile medications. They announced that there is still an adequate supply of medicines on the market to meet everyone’s needs and the public should only buy what is strictly necessary. Shortages...

You may have seen a graphic of ‘approved corona sex positions’ online. The ‘Corona Cowgirl’, ‘Quarantine Quickie’, and ‘VaVaVaccine’ are just a few of the carnal cures prescribed for those with too much time on their hands (and other parts of their bodies)! Though the images themselves are clearly tongue-in-cheek,...

The University of Technology Tepak is launching an online survey to ask the public their opinion of the restrictive measures imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus. Tepak wants to assess the impact on the quality and lifestyle of the Cypriot population. People over 18 are invited...