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18-04-2022 15:51

Readjustment Plan on Restrictions against COVID-19, as of 18 April 2022

Date of application of the Readjustment plan: 18 April 2022

 

 

 

 

 

*SafePass required for spaces over 100 m²

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, if the management of the establishment so permits
  • *Visits to public and private hospitals

AVERAGE RISK:

  • Entertainment establishments, 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)
  • Swimming pool areas for use by the public
  • Organised camps for children
  • Persons entering asylum seeker reception and hospitality areas

LOW RISK:

  • Theatres, amphitheatres, cinemas, performance spaces (100% capacity)
  • Schools
  • Higher Education Institutions
  • Gaming and betting establishments (1 person per 4 m²)
  • Playgrounds, theme parks (1 person per 4 m²)
  • Examination places
  • All private afternoon schools and education centres
  • Ferry, passenger, recreational fishing, diver transportation, private use, business purpose vessels in operation

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)          

*Visit to hospitals, over 6 years old: 24 hours Rapid test or 24 hour 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 or Secondary Education, the obligation is for 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  

*Visit to hospitals, over 6 years old: 24 hours Rapid test or 24 hour PCR test                                 

(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                                               

 PLACES WHERE THE DEMONSTRATION OF A SAFE PASS IS NOT REQUIRED (regardless of m²)

(1 person per 4 m²)

-          Supermarkets

-          Grocery stores

-          Retail trade

-          Shopping malls

-          Butcher shops

-          Fruit markets

-          Fish markets

-          Pharmacies

-          Businesses/organizations, Public Sector Departments/Services which provide services to the public

-          Take Away services

-          Archaeological sites, museums, historical spaces, art galleries

-          Bakeries

-          Banks

-          Kiosks, mini markets

-          Open air markets, Flea markets, Festivals

SAFEPASS CONDITIONS FOR WORKPLACES:

 EMPLOYEES IN HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTRES, MEDICAL OFFICES AND REHABILITATION CENTRES

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 IN POSSESSION OF A VALID VACCINATION OR RECOVERY CERTIFICATE:

No obligation

Rapid test: 72 hours or PCR test: 72 hours

Important clarifications:

  • Persons who cannot be vaccinated due to medical reasons, and hold a medical certificate issued by the Ministry of Health, the obligation is for a 72-hour Rapid or PCR test.
  • The check of persons with a valid vaccination or recovery certificate in the areas of high risk shall be carried out as follows: a) the vaccination or recovery certificate will be checked through the CovScan Cyprus application and b) then the negative test (Rapid or PCR) will be presented in printed form or in a written text message. 

(AP/NG)