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The updated epidemiological risk assessment for Covid-19

17/02/2021 13:27

Thailand moves from Category A to Category B, Rwanda from Category B moves to Category C and Algeria, Morocco, Montenegro, Serbia, Uruguay and Japan have been removed from Category C, according to the updated epidemiological risk assessment for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cyprus, announced its updated epidemiological risk assessment for Covid-19, that comes into effect on February 19 on Wednesday.
 
The new categories are as follows:

Category A - Low risk countries at this stage

Third Countries: 1) Australia, 2) New Zealand, 3) Singapore
Passengers coming from Category A must self-isolate for 72 hours and carry out a PCR test 72 hours after arrival.
 
Category B

Member States of the European Union: 1) Germany, 2) Greece, 3) Finland
Members of the Schengen Area: 1) Iceland, 2) Norway
Third Countries: 1) China (including Hong Kong and Macau), 2) South Korea, 3) Thailand
Passengers coming from Category B countries are required to have a laboratory test within 72 hours before departure and to have a certificate proving a negative PCR test. In addition to that, the Cabinet decided that passengers will have to self-isolate for 72 hours and undergo a new PCR after leaving the self-isolation period.

The ministry clarified that the following passengers coming from Category B countries may undergo the PCR test on arrival:
Cypriot citizens and their family members (their foreign spouses, minor children and parents)
Legally residing in the Republic
Persons entitled under the Vienna Convention
Persons regardless of nationality coming from a country of residence where no laboratory test public or private is provided.
Category C

Member States of the European Union: 1) Austria, 2) Belgium, 3) Bulgaria, 4) France, 5) Denmark, 6) Estonia, 7) Ireland, 8) Spain, 9) Italy, 10) Croatia, 11) Latvia, 12) Lithuania, 13) Luxembourg, 14) Malta, 15) Netherlands, 16) Hungary, 17) Poland, 18) Portugal, 19) Romania, 20) Slovakia, 21 ) Slovenia, 22) Sweden, 23) Czech Republic,
United Kingdom
Small States: 1) Andorra, 2) Monaco, 3) Vatican City, 4) San Marino
Schengen Area Members: 1) Switzerland, 2) Liechtenstein
Third Countries: 1) Rwanda
 
Only certain categories of citizens are allowed to enter the Republic from Category C countries who have the opportunity to choose to undergo a diagnostic test on arrival in Cyprus or to have a PCR negative within 72 hours of departure for Cyprus.

These individuals, according to the Ministry, must also either undergo a PCR test on the 10th day of self-isolation at their own expense, or they can be released from self-isolation on the 14th day if they are not positive, according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.

Under a new decree in force until February 28, passengers arriving from the United Kingdom will have to be tested for coronavirus upon their arrival at Larnaca and Paphos airports. They will then be taken to a designated hotel where they will have to remain in quarantine for seven days at the expense of the state. On the seventh day, they undergo another PCR test and if it is negative, they must self-isolate at home for three additional days (total 10 days).

All passengers, regardless of country category, are required to apply for CyprusFlightPass within 24 hours of departure. In addition, there will also be random testing on arrival at the island’s airports.