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05-06-2020 14:34
Flights to Cyprus from countries that do not fall under Categories A or B
The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces that the repatriation of citizens from countries that do not fall under Categories A or B will continue until June 19, 2020, after a recent decision of the Council of Ministers. The classification of these countries is done by a team of scientists based on epidemiological indicators of COVID-19 contagion.From 20 June 2020, flights from countries not included in categories A and B will be allowed and airlines will be able to issue ...
05-06-2020 12:55
Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior on the relaxation of measures concerning the movement from and to the areas under government control as of 8 June 2020
On the basis of the decision by the Government and the accord that prevailed between the President of the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Mustafa Akinci, the Republic of Cyprus is ready as of 8 June 2020 to allow the movement from and to the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, for the following categories of persons, provided that they will present on the first time they cross, a negative certificate of molecular examination for the COVID-19 disease, with prior v...
05-06-2020 12:53
Latest data support continued use of ACE inhibitors and ARB medicines during COVID-19 pandemic
Recent observational studies of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs, also called sartans) have not shown an effect of these medicines on the risk of becoming infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (the virus causing COVID-19) and do not indicate a negative impact on the outcome for patients with COVID-19 disease.EMA therefore reiterates its previous advice that patients should continue to use ACE inhibitors or ARBs as ...
05-06-2020 12:20
Employment - National Accounts: 1st Quarter 2020 (Provisional Estimate)
Total Employment for the 1st quarter of 2020 is estimated at 428.157 persons, of which 377.459 are employees and 50.698 are self-employed. Compared to the corresponding quarter of 2019, total employment for the 1st quarter of 2020 increased by 2,4%. The most significant percentage increases were observed in the economic activities of Construction (ΝΑCE F), Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (NACE M), Other Service Activities (NACE S) and Administrative and Support Service Acti...
05-06-2020 11:56
PIO Newsroom will be closed on Whit Monday
The Newsroom of the Press and Information Office will be closed on Whit Monday, June 8, 2020.(EK/ECH)
04-06-2020 13:26
Consumer Price Index (CPI): May 2020
In May 2020, the Consumer Price Index decreased by 0,13 units and reached 99,69 units compared to 99,82 units in April 2020. Compared to May 2019, the CPI decreased by 1,5%. (Table 1)For the period January – May 2020, the CPI increased by 0,1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.As regards the economic origin, the largest change when compared to the index of May 2019 was recorded in Petroleum Products (-21,9%), while compared to the index of the previous month the lar...
04-06-2020 13:07
Clarification for premises that cannot reopen as of 9 June 2020
Following up the decisions that the Council of Ministers announced yesterday, concerning the enterprises/fields of activities reopening on 9 June 2020 in the context of the 3rd stage of the strategy for the gradual lifting of restrictions, and given that in the businesses that may resume operation are included the indoor areas of catering premises, it is clarified that the following premises are not included in the 3rd stage and they are not allowed to reopen:-Music and dancing venues-Nigh...
03-06-2020 17:14
Registered Unemployed: May 2020
The unemployed persons, registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of May 2020, reached 29.604 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for May 2020 increased to 34.082 persons in comparison to 32.000 in the previous month. (Table 1)In comparison with May 2019, an increase of 11.997 persons or 68,1% was recorded, attributed mainly to the sectors of accommodation and food service activities (an incre...
03-06-2020 16:38
Clarifications on the maximum number of persons allowed at mass gatherings
In the wake of today’s decisions reached by the Council of Ministers concerning the upcoming lift of restriction measures and following a spate of questions about the status of gatherings, more specifically mass gatherings such as weddings, christenings, concerts, festivals, private get-togethers and any other kind of assembly, the Ministry of Health would like to clarify that on the basis of the present epidemiological data, the limit of 10 persons for gatherings continues to be in place. ...
03-06-2020 13:53
The Council of Ministers has decided the further easing of restriction measures
The Council of Ministers, in the context of the strategy for the gradual lifting of restrictions measures, today decided the further easing of specific restrictions, taking into account the very good epidemiological picture prevailing in Cyprus, in the framework also of the suggestions by the Advisory Scientific Committee to the President of the Republic and the Minister of Health.More specifically, speaking after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Health, Konstantinos ...
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