In 2022, social protection sickness and healthcare expenditure, measured as a percentage of GDP, stood at 6.0% in Cyprus and at 8.1% at the EU level, according to early estimates on social protection...
Cyprus is one step before being led to the Court of Justice of the EU (CoJ) by the European Commission for not having transposed EU rules on cross border conversions, mergers and divisions of...
17/11/2023
Cyprus' state hospitals will effectively manage any increased needs for health care, a meeting chaired by Health Minister Popi Kanari Thursday agreed.An announcement by the Ministry says that the...
02/11/2023
A meeting will take place on August 29th with the Scientific Advisory Committee for COVID-19, in the presence of the Minister of Health, to evaluate the epidemiological indicators and the new data...
24/08/2023
There is a stability in the number of new COVID cases in Cyprus, a Ministry of Health official told CNA on Friday.In statements to CNA, Elisabeth Constantinou, Director of Medical Services at the...
18/08/2023
Outdoors work is not allowed on Thursday between 12:00 and 16:00 local time in the higher mountainous areas (1150-1650 meters) following the amber warning for extreme high temperature, the Department...
17/08/2023
Four strains of the “Eris” coronavirus subvariant were detected in Cyprus last week, the Director of Medical and Public Health Services, Dr Elisavet Constantinou, told CNA, adding that no change in...
14/08/2023
A slight increase in the recording of coronavirus cases has been observed in Cyprus recently, but this is not at all alarming, the spokesman of the State Health Services Organisation (OKYpY),...
31/07/2023
There are 943,978 beneficiaries registered in the General Health System (GHS), of them, 806,900 visited their personal doctor during the past year of the scheme’s operation, the Chairman of the...
02/06/2023
The ultimate goal is to identify and address the weaknesses in the National Health Scheme (Gesy) in an attempt to make it efficient for the benefit of the patients and their rights, Health Minister...
19/05/2023