Новости за 11.04.2020

State doctors said on Saturday that any new pay cuts imposed on healthcare workers would be an insult given what they are enduring during the current pandemic. The comment came a day after a Supreme Court decision upheld a 2012 ruling for austerity-driven pay cuts to public sector employees. The...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned against re-starting football too early amid the coronavirus pandemic, telling FIFA’s 211 member associations on Friday that such behaviour would be irresponsible. Soccer around the world has come to a standstill with domestic leagues on hold and major tournaments such as Euro 2020 and...

The number of coronavirus cases detected in the United States rose past half a million over the Easter weekend with more than 18,600 deaths, as President Donald Trump said the decision on when it was safe to reopen the country would be the biggest he had ever had to make....

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang should move to a more ambitious club if he wants to win trophies, according to Gabon football association president Pierre Alain Mounguengui. Aubameyang joined Arsenal in January 2018 for about 56 million pounds and has since scored 61 goals in all competitions. He was the league’s...

Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano spewed a column of ash 500 metres into the sky in the longest eruption since the explosive collapse of the island caused a deadly tsunami in 2018, scientists said Saturday. Closed-circuit TV from Indonesia’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation showed lava flares Friday night....

Twenty-one more people tested positive for coronavirus, it was announced on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 616, health ministry officials said. No new deaths were announced. That total stands at 10. In the north, the ‘health ministry’ announced there were no new cases of coronavirus, after testing...

Boris Johnson’s fiance sent him letters and baby scans to lift his spirits during his time in intensive care. Carrie Symonds sent the Prime Minister daily updates, including images of their unborn child, as he struggled with coronavirus at St Thomas’ hospital in central London, a Downing Street source confirmed...

The health ministry on Saturday laid down strict guidelines for elderly care homes after concerns were expressed residents were at greater risk. Some homes banned all visits as soon as the first cases of coronavirus were recorded on the island on March 9, with the rest following their example when...

The precautionary testing of 20,000 employees in the private and public sectors who continue to go to work started on Saturday. It is expected to last for 20 days and will test people islandwide. The health ministry urged those who are unable to work from home, mainly those providing services to...

China reported on Saturday a rise in new coronavirus infections, mostly in travellers arriving from abroad, as doctors in the central city of Wuhan, where the virus initially emerged, warned its behaviour was still not well-understood. Tough curbs imposed in China since January have reined in infections sharply since the...

Where do you live? Kiti What did you have for breakfast? Oat biscuits Describe your perfect day Any day on which I have the luxury to be fully present in everything I want to do. Best book ever read? The hauntingly ever relevant 1984 by George Orwell Best childhood memory?...

No other members of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus were found positive for coronavirus, contact tracing has showed, following confirmation of a case on Friday. CNA said the process of contact tracing to prevent the further spread of the virus was completed and no new cases had emerged. On Friday,...

England, Tottenham and Chelsea great Jimmy Greaves continues to be treated and monitored in hospital after being taken ill on Tuesday. Spurs announced on Tuesday night that their record goalscorer, who turned 80 in February, was receiving treatment in hospital. Greaves suffered a severe stroke in May 2015, which left...

Spain’s overnight coronavirus death toll at 510, lowest in 19 days Source: Reuters You can now download all free assets in one place. This includes Watermark, Keyframe, Screener, XML, and Shotlist. (Adds detail, Valencia virtual church service) MADRID, April 11 (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus deaths in Spain fell...

Paphos police were on Saturday investigating a suspected car arson after a man reported that his vehicle caught fire early in the morning. A 43-year-old Chlorakas resident told police the fire started around 2am. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. Police suspected the fire was set deliberately after they found a plastic...

Three men were remanded for five days on Saturday on suspicion of kidnapping, assault and robbery in Paphos According to police, the suspects, aged 20, 25 and 26 assaulted a compatriot of theirs behind a Paphos mall on Friday. They then forcibly took him to his house, made him hand...

By Michele Kambas Eight days before Orthodox Easter each year, a casket containing remains of Jesus’s friend Lazarus is carried through the streets of Larnaca, believed by many Christians to be the saint’s second resting place. Only this year, Lazarus’ remains are staying inside a stone church in the town...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge. South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday spoke on the phone with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci,  government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios announced. During their telephone conversation, the two leaders assessed their respective situations and expressed their concerns over the spread of the coronavirus on the island, he said in a written statement....

A teenager and two others in a parked car were arrested in the early hours of Saturday in Nicosia on suspicion of possessing drugs. The 17-year-old boy and two people whose age was not specified,  were arrested shortly after midnight. Police said the driver attempted to get rid of the...

The Green Party has reported a case of animal abuse involving a pregnant cat which was living in the cemetery in Meneou in Larnaca and had her hind legs cut off and an eye removed. “In the time of coronavirus when all of us are going through tough times and...

Health Minister Costantinos Ioannou has issued a decree saying that government employees and those in the wider public sector must work, where possible, from home with some exceptions who must go to work. The new decree is valid until April 30. The decree excludes from working at home, essential services...

Members of Brazil’s 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the country’s overcrowded favelas avoid the worst ravages of the coronavirus. In an initiative led by Paulo Roberto Falcao, 19 players, including Zico, Junior and Leandro, recorded a video...

An online platform launched by the University of Cyprus (UCy) and the deputy ministry for research, innovation and digital policy has significantly helped reduce the time spent tracking suspected cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), the health ministry said on Saturday. The platform, launched on March 15, the ministry said in a...

Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher led the well-wishes for Sir Kenny Dalglish after it was revealed the Liverpool great had tested positive for the coronavirus. Dalglish’s family released a statement on Friday night which confirmed the 69-year-old had been hospitalised on Wednesday in order to treat a separate infection which...