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Date of application of the Readjustment plan: 8 March 2022 

HIGH RISK:

• Entertainment establishments, music and dance venues serving more than 150 people (1 person per 1.5 m²)

• Catering establishments (restaurants, taverns, cafes, pubs, snack-bars, bars, coffee shops) serving more than 150 people with a dance floor (1 person per 1.5 m²)

• Events, including weddings and christenings in catering establishments and reception venues serving more than 150 people (1 person per 1.5 m², with maximum 500 persons)

• Visits to senior people’s homes, closed structures, hospitals if the management of the establishment so permits

AVERAGE RISK:

• Entertainment establsihments, music and dance venues serving less than 150 people (1 person per 1.5 m²)

• Catering establishments (restaurants, taverns, cafes, pubs, snack-bars, bars, coffee shops) serving more than 150 people without a dance floor, or serving less than 150 people with or without a dance floor (1 person per 1.5 m²)

• Events, including weddings and christenings in catering establishments serving less than 150 people (1 person per 1.5 m²)

• Hotels, tourist accommodation places

• Stadiums (70% capacity)

• Places of worship (70% capacity)

• Gyms (1 person per 4 m²)

• Casinos (70% capacity)

• Barbershops, hair salons, beauty and tattoo centres (1 person per 4 m²)

• Public transport

• Holding conferences and trade fairs (70% capacity)

LOW RISK:

• Theatres, amphitheatres, cinemas, performance spaces (75% capacity)

• Schools

• Higher Education Institutions

• Shopping malls (1 person per 4 m²)

• Gaming and betting establishments (1 person per 4 m²)

• Retail trade (1 person per 4 m²)

•Banks(1 person per 4 m²)

• Businesses/organisations serving the public(1 person per 4 m²)

• Archaeological sites, museums, historical sites and galleries(1 person per 4 m²)

•Playgrounds(1 person per 4 m²)

•Flea markets, festivals

•Examination places

PERSONS WITHOUT VACCINATION HISTORY, OR WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR VACCINATION SCHEME AND THE PERIOD OF 7 MONTHS HAS ELAPSED, OR HOLD A CERTIFICATE OF RECOVERY AND THE 90-DAY PERIOD HAS ELAPSED:

Rapid test: 24 hours or

PCR test: 48 hours    

(for persons 6-17 years old the obligation is for a 72-hour Rapid or PCR test)

Rapid test: 48 hours or  

PCR test: 72 hours    

(for persons 6-17 years old the obligation is for a 72-hour Rapid or PCR test) 

Rapid test: 72 hours or

PCR test: 72 hours    

(for persons 6-17 years old the obligation is for a 72-hour Rapid or PCR test)

(for Primary Education students the obligation is for a Rapid or PCR test twice a week)

PERSONS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE THIRD DOSE OF VACCINE, OR HAVE RECEIVED TWO DOSES FOR TWO-DOSE VACCINES, OR ONE DOSE FOR THE JJ VACCINE AND THE PERIOD OF 7 MONTHS HAS NOT ELAPSED, OR HOLD A CERTIFICATE OF RECOVERY AND THE PERIOD OF 90 DAYS HAS NOT ELAPSED:

Rapid test: 48 hours or 

PCR test: 72 hours    

(for persons 6-17 years old the obligation is for a 72-hour Rapid or PCR test)

Demonstration of a valid certificate of Vaccination or Recovery

Demonstration of a valid certificate of Vaccination or Recovery

 SHORT STAY AREAS FOR BASIC ΝECESSITIES — SAFEPASS DEMONSTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED:

— Supermarkets

— Grocery stores

— Butcher shops

— Fruit markets

— Businesses which serve the public (premises less than 100 m²)

— Take Away Service

— Pharmacies

— Bakeries

— Kiosks

SAFEPASS CONDITIONS FOR WORKPLACES: 

(1 person per 4 m²)

EMPLOYEES IN SENIOR PEOPLE’S HOMES AND CLOSED STRUCTURES:

PERSONS WITHOUT VACCINATION HISTORY, OR WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR VACCINATION SCHEME AND THE PERIOD OF 7 MONTHS HAS ELAPSED, OR HOLD A CERTIFICATE OF RECOVERY AND THE 90-DAY PERIOD HAS ELAPSED:

Rapid test: 48 hours or  

PCR test: 72 hours 

Rapid test: 24 hours or

PCR test: 48 hours      

PERSONS WHO HOLD A VALID CERTIFICATE OF VACCINATION OR RECOVERY:

 No obligation

Rapid test: 72 hours or

PCR test: 72 hours