RULES APPLYING TO VACCINATED PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN CYPRUS FROM 10 MAY

 Filenews 8 May 2021

The Ministry of Health specifies the following rules that apply from 10 May for vaccinated passengers arriving in the Republic of Cyprus from the entrance gates:

Persons regardless of nationality who hold a valid vaccination certificate for COVID-19 disease and who arrived in Cyprus from abroad, regardless of the country of departure, will be exempted, for entry purposes, from the obligation to carry out laboratory tests, as well as from the obligation to self-restrict/quarantine, provided that the following conditions are met:

1. They hold a valid vaccination certificate from the following States:
   1. Member States of the European Union (including Cyprus),
   2. the States of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway),
   3. Switzerland,
   4. Israel,
   5. United Kingdom,
   6. Russia,
   7. United Arab Emirates,
   8. Saudi Arabia,
   9. Ukraine,
   10. Jordan,
   11. Lebanon,
   12. Egypt,
   13. Belarus,
   14. Serbia,
   15. Qatar,
   16. Bahrain,
   17. United States of America,
   18. Armenia,
   19. Georgia,
   20. Canada, and
   21. Kuwait.

2. They have been vaccinated either with one of the approved vaccines of the European Medicines Agency (Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Janssen)or with the Sputnik V vaccine and have completed the vaccination regimen . It is noted that in cases of two-dose vaccines the person should have been vaccinated with both doses, while in the case of Janssen vaccine (single dose vaccine) 14 days should have passed between the administration of the vaccine dose and the date of travel. More information is available at the https://cyprusflightpass.gov.cy/en/vaccinated-passengers.

It is stressed that all passengers, regardless of country category, including persons holding a valid vaccination certificate, must apply to CyprusFlightPass within 24 hours prior to the departure of their flight. In addition, for the purpose of ensuring public health and supervising the epidemiological picture, the Ministry of Health may carry out covid-19 laboratory molecular testing on passengers (including persons holding a vaccination certificate) of selected flights