Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Cyprus lifts 3rd lockdown, introduces Covid ‘safety pass’ for citizens to return to some form of normality

As the country emerges from its third partial lockdown, authorities in Cyprus have introduced a coronavirus “safety pass” system to afford at least some semblance of freedom of movement to its (vaccinated) citizens. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou described the initiative as “a step towards returning to a more normal pace …

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Iraq hits the milestone of one million COVID-19 recoveries

Iraq recorded 4,167 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 30 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 6,743 patients achieved full recovery, bringing the total count of recovery cases to …

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Pakistan imposes Eid lockdown as COVID cases soar

The government has imposed the most severe restrictions since a one-month lockdown in April last year. Pakistan on Saturday began a nine-day shutdown affecting travel and tourist hotspots in a bid to prevent a surge in COVID-19 cases during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Already battling the third wave …

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COVID-19: Iraq reports over 4500 cases in 24 hours

Iraq registered, on Saturday 4608 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1108558, the health ministry said. It reported 39 fatalities to take its coronavirus death toll to 15741. It also reported 6203 recoveries to take its total to 998626. The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to 517. …

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