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The study focused on Cyprus and the four most populated cities: Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, and Paphos. COVID-19 symptoms including fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, and myalgia were considered in the analysis. Daily and weekly search volumes were described, and their correlation with the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and important announcements or events were examined. Three periods of interest peaks were identified in Cyprus. The highest interest in COVID-19-related terms was found in the city of Paphos. The most popular symptoms were fever and cough, and the symptom with the highest increase in popularity was myalgia. At the beginning of the pandemic, the search volume of COVID-19 grew substantially when governments, major organizations, and high-profile figures, globally and locally, made important announcements regarding COVID-19. Health authorities in Cyprus and elsewhere could benefit from constantly monitoring the online interest of the population in order to get timely information that could be used in public health planning and response.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/epidemiologia2010004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,21]],"date-time":"2021-01-21T02:36:05Z","timestamp":1611196565000},"page":"36-45","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Trends of Online Search of COVID-19 Related Terms in Cyprus"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"2","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1297-2133","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marios","family":"Anastasiou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Scholar, Nicosia 2740, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katerina","family":"Pantavou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2029, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1237-1661","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anneza","family":"Yiallourou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2029, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6102-6579","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefanos","family":"Bonovas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, 20090 Milan, Italy"},{"name":"Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, 20089 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3307-0246","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Georgios K.","family":"Nikolopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2029, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"e13439","article-title":"Google trends in infodemiology and infoveillance: Methodology framework","volume":"21","author":"Mavragani","year":"2019","journal-title":"J. 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