JCC announced on Tuesday that it will raise the limit from €20 to €50 before a pin number has to be used for payments made with cards.

Strict measures imposed on people movement seek to break the chain of virus transmission and slow the Cyprus outbreak that has claimed three deaths, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris.

Eight more confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced on Wednesday, bringing the total to 132 in the government-controlled areas.

Cyta will donate €300,000 to the ministry of health for the immediate provision of respirators and nursing equipment to help treat people with coronavirus, its board decided during a tele-meeting, it announced on Thursday.

Cyta will donate €300,000 to the ministry of health for the immediate provision of respirators and nursing equipment to help treat people with coronavirus, its board decided during a tele-meeting, it announced on Thursday.

We would like to inform you that we have introduced a dedicated online portal for issues specifically related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The portal may be accessed from our main website neo.law and it contains regularly updated legal guidance on areas of the law which are directly impacted by current events.  

Amid growing calls for an internal lockdown to contain coronavirus contagion, the government was on Monday said to be preparing a revised stimulus and relief package worth some €1.5 billion, as well as a plan to guarantee up to €2 billion in bank loans to businesses and self-employed people.

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday announced draconian measures including restrictions in movement and the closures of public places, as the government seeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which totalled 155 cases island-wide.

Another 21 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday in the Republic of Cyprus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 116, while one more tested positive in the Turkish-held north raising the total number of cases there to 40. The Republic of Cyprus also counts one death reported on Saturday.

Five public health centres or flu clinic are in full operation since Monday to examine individuals with flu symptoms when it’s not clear whether they have coronavirus.