Health officials in the Republic of Cyprus reported that a young child was diagnosed back in February with acute hepatitis of unexplained origin, as cases emerge across the world and some experts fearing lockdowns could be the culprit.

Larnaca municipality, the Bank of Cyprus and the town’s shopkeepers’ association on Wednesday announced a support scheme for shops in the historic centre of Larnaca, in a bid to make the area more attractive to visitors.

More than 900 people aged 60 and over were vaccinated with the fourth dose against COVID-19 when the first day the rollout was launched, the Health Ministry said.

Cyprus acts as a bridge of communication between the Middle East and Europe in cybersecurity, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Wednesday.

The hotel occupancy rate in the Paphos district during the Catholic and Orthodox Easter period stood at 60%, according to the president of the Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides.

The number of commercial flights to and from Cyprus in March 2022 were 17% lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by Eurostat.

At the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, the government debt to GDP ratio in the euro area stood at 95.6%, compared with 97.5% from Q3 2021, with Cyprus recording the second-biggest decline, according to Eurostat.

Due to the war in Ukraine, the Cyprus market for new cars is suffering so companies are trying their best to sell cars.

In cooperation with the Landmark Real Estate Analytics, Forbes is presenting details about the number of houses sold in Cyprus during the seven-year period 2015-2022.

Health professionals are ready to deal with cases of acute hepatitis on the island among children, Head of Cyprus Paediatric Society Dr Michalis Anastasiades told the Cyprus News Agency.