If you leave your house after 5am on Sunday 10 January, you should only do so if you have either an SMS permit on your mobile phone, or you have completed the absence form. You should also carry your ID or passport with you. The paper form can be used by those over the age of 65, but anyone under that age must use the SMS system.
Please also ensure that the form is FULLY completed.
During the curfew hours [9pm to 5am] only those with a legitimate employment reason [and completed form from their employer], or an emergency - in which case the movement form or SMS must be completed - [medical, veterinary, or emergency help to someone in need, travel to/from a military camp or Larnaca or Paphos airport with ticket evidence time/date] can leave the house.
Up to two absences from the house each day are permitted - for a 'reasonable' period of time, subject to a maximum of 3 hours in the case of exercise, and you must return to your permanent residence by 9pm.
Exercise - you can exercise as long as there are no more than 2 people including yourself and you do not enter any places where entry is not allowed, for example gyms, public swimming pools, sports grounds and the like. You can walk on the beach, you can go for a swim in the sea, but if you are a Paphos resident and are found in Limassol having a swim then you will be in trouble. Similarly with exercise, if you cycle, or run, it is recommended that you stay within the Paphos boundaries.
The SMS service will once again be part of our lives. Members of the public can send a text request to 8998 and wait for a response before going out. Up to 2 outings per day will be permitted.
For SMS, users can text their request by sending a string of numbers to 8998 free of charge in the following format: category (1-8), space, ID number, space, zip code (four-digit postal code).
Categories of legitimate outings:
- Going to the pharmacy, visit a doctor, or give blood or for a COVID test or for vaccination
- Going to a supermarket to buy essential products, goods and services (groceries, food) including take away
- Going to the bank when electronic transactions are not possible
- Absolutely necessary visits to a state or local agency
- Going out to help others who are in need of assistance or isolation, including those under quarantine
- Going out for physical exercise, in groups of up to two humans at places where access allowed - max up to 3 hours, must return home by 9pm
- Attending a ceremony or service (funeral, wedding, baptism/christening) if guests are first or second degree relatives in groups of up to ten individuals, or for individual prayer
- Any other reason for going outside that can be justified under the measures as described in the latest decree on movement restrictions
PAPER FORM FOR USE BY THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 65
