Новости за 01.04.2020

British American Tobacco, the maker of Dunhill and Lucky Strike cigarettes, said on Wednesday its U.S. biotech unit was working on a potential vaccine for COVID-19 using proteins extracted from tobacco leaves. Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), the unit developing the vaccine, could produce between 1 million and 3 million doses per...

The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cyprus on Wednesday called on asylum seekers to ignore messages on registration procedures and financial aid by other organisations on the island other than the government. UNHCR said that a number of asylum seekers and refugees have reported that they have...

The Bank of Cyprus announced a series of measures on Wednesday aiming to help people and organisations deal with the effects of the coronavirus crisis. Among the 11 measures is a pledge to provide the necessary liquidity through new facilities to viable customers in a bid to secure their viability...

Japan will ban entry to foreigners from 73 countries and ask everyone arriving from abroad to quarantine themselves for two weeks as it struggles to contain the coronavirus, with a senior minister warning the country had been pushed “to the brink”. Medical experts advising Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a...

What Mr Riza fails to really capture are the empty buses, the sardine filled carriages of the tube as people who need to work have to use the tube, the boarded up shops which are facing closure, the very few people walking the streets (some with their dogs which is...

The Cyprus Mail received the below announcement by Invel Real Estate, which reflects an act of commendable social contribution and responsibility amidst this challenging period of national and global crisis. Our media community applauds this action of solidarity during COVID-19, which inspires hope and reassurance as we move forward to...

China, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged in December, reported dwindling new infections on Wednesday and for the first time disclosed the number of asymptomatic cases, which could complicate how trends in the outbreak are read. Almost all of Tuesday’s 36 new cases involved arrivals from overseas, the National Health...

The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports event off the calendar on Wednesday. While the decision had looked inevitable for some time, since the virtual shutdown of world sport and the postponement of the Tokyo...

Fifty-eight new Covid-19 cases were announced by the health ministry on Wednesday evening, bringing the total number of cases to 320 and dire warnings from the government. One man, aged 66, has also died bringing the total deaths to nine, eight men and one woman. He had an extensive medical history...

LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles, who has recovered after testing positive for coronavirus, praised the selfless devotion of healthcare workers on Wednesday and said it was a strange and distressing time for the nation. Heir-to-the-throne Charles, 71, came out of self-isolation on Monday after suffering what he...

UEFA bowed to the inevitable on Wednesday and suspended all Champions League and Europa League matches “until further notice” due to the coronavirus pandemic. European soccer’s governing body also said all national team games scheduled for June have been postponed, including playoff matches for Euro 2020, which has been moved...

It appears the bill providing for €2bn in state guarantees to support businesses may not be discussed by parliament after Diko said it would not support it as is, thus removing its chance of being approved. The party has asked for the postponement of the discussion, which is scheduled for...

SMS requests for movement sent to 8998 rose by 33 per cent to 298,000 on Tuesday, the first day of the stricter measures on movement the deputy ministry of innovation said on Wednesday. The increased requests are attributed to the new decree, which forbids circulation via a paper claim to...

Britain’s government said on Wednesday it would ramp up the number of coronavirus tests amid widespread criticism that it was doing far too few, as ministers suggested that shortages of chemicals were partly to blame. Officials say testing for COVID-19 is key to fighting it, not least to check if...

A Paphos official will donate half of his salary, for the next three months to those in need due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Aware of the difficulties that have been created due to the current situation and especially for some of the vulnerable groups of our city, I would like...

Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have Covid-19, according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic. Almost 60 per cent of patients who...

The Paphos doctor who was discharged from Famagusta general hospital on Tuesday after having recovered from coronavirus, has described his battle with what he called “a devious enemy”. He also urged people to follow the measures issued by the government and stay home for everyone’s sake. Adonis Elefhteriou, head of...

The ministry of innovation and digital policy announced on Wednesday that amendments have been made to the authorisation mechanism for the exceptional movement. After recalling that every person is allowed to be outside once per day, the ministry said that everyone under 65 can obtain permission to do so only by sending a text message to...

Thieves stole a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh early on Monday from the Netherlands’ Singer Laren Museum, which is currently closed to the public because of the coronavirus. The painting ‘Lentetuin’, or ‘Spring Garden’, which dates back to 1884 and depicts the garden of the rectory at Nuenen, had been on...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou When we ladies are asked, ‘Does my bum look big in this?’ we call upon honed female skills to forge a thin line between the absolute truth – an honest but hurtful yes, or a kind compromise. For instance, instead of saying ‘Well...

Plastic face guards are being churned out by people across the island operating 3D printers, offering a small reprieve to health workers on the frontline. As of yesterday morning, 55 3D printers were working around the clock to produce the personal protective equipment (PPE). So far, 100 have been delivered...

A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are “extremely effective” at blocking the ability of the new coronavirus to enter cells, which eventually could be helpful in treating or preventing Covid-19. There is currently no proven effective treatment for the disease, which originated in China and is...

A group of around 70 British nationals permanently residing in Cyprus, mostly in their 70s, are currently stuck in the UK waiting to be repatriated after their cruise in the Caribbean was abruptly stopped due to the coronavirus outbreak. Despite not being Cypriot citizens, all of them have been living...

An 83-year-old woman from Germany who was in hospital in the north with coronavirus died on Wednesday. The woman was among the group of German tourists placed in quarantine by Turkish Cypriot authorities after one of their co-travelers was tested positive to coronavirus earlier in March. The 83-year-old was admitted to...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday laid a wreath at the imprisoned graves in Nicosia to mark the 65th anniversary of the launch of the Eoka struggle for independence in 1955. A liturgy was carried out at the Ayios Ioannis cathedral at the archbishopric without attendants due to restrictions on movement...