Coronavirus: one new case announced on Thursday

One new case of Covid-19 was announced Thursday, bringing the cumulative total in the south of the island to 992.

The latest case detected was among 1,104 lab tests, the health ministry said.

The carrier is a foreign national who recently arrived in Cyprus and underwent a random test at the airport. The individual hails from one of the countries designated in the ‘A’ category in terms of risk.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.