Cyprus: New restrictions for travelers from the United Kingdom

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Due to the rapid increase in Omicron cases in the United Kingdom, all passengers entering the Republic of Cyprus from 18 December 2021, over 12 years of age and regardless of vaccination coverage or previous illness, must apply the following :

• Until the PCR result is issued, they are obliged to remain in self-restraint in their place of residence. In case of a positive result, they remain strictly in self-restraint and await instructions from the Epidemiological Surveillance & Infectious Diseases Control Unit of the Ministry of Health.

• Upon arrival, passengers receive a package containing 5 self-tests, which they must use in case they have a negative result in the PCR examination performed at the airport. The passengers will perform a self-test every day and in case of a positive result, they will contact their Personal Doctor in Cyprus, to refer them for PCR examination at the Public Health Clinics of their province of residence. If they do not have a Personal Doctor in Cyprus, then they will contact the Coordination of Public Health Clinics directly at the email: [email protected] by sending their identification details (name, surname, telephone, ID number, date of birth and province) , as well as a photo of their positive self-test.

• In the 72 hours from their arrival, given that the previous days had a negative result in the self-test, they should perform a rapid test in the mobile units of the Ministry of Health and send the result to the email: monada2 @ mphs. moh.gov.cy through the website from which they will publish it (www.eudcc.gov.cy) by selecting SEND. To be eligible for the rapid test for free, they must present their boarding pass at the sampling point.

During the first days after the arrival of the passengers in the Republic of Cyprus, it is recommended to be especially careful and to have limited contacts, to observe the personal protection measures (use of a mask, hand hygiene, keeping distance) and to avoid any physical contact with persons belonging to in vulnerable groups.

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