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*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

* SafePass is required only to indoor areas of catering establishments, entertainment establishments, and music and dance venues, as of 22 April 2022

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

* SafePass is required only to indoor areas of catering establishments, entertainment establishments, and music and dance venues, as of 22 April 2022

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
• Holding conferences of governmental authorities or service departments

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 Education pupils, 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)

-     Fruit markets

-     Supermarkets

-     Grocery stores

-     Butcher shops

-     Fish markets

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

-     Archaeological sites, museums, historical spaces, art galleries

-     Banks

-     Retail trade

-     Shopping malls

-     Kiosks, mini markets

-     Open air markets, Flea markets, Festivals

-     Bakeries

-     Take Away services

-     Pharmacies

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