The roadblocks were opened at 06:00 for traffic from and to the occupied areas, with the exception of the crossing point of Ledra Street, which has opened at 08:00.
According to a representative of the communication industry at KYPE, with the reopening of the crossing points, the staffing of the roadblocks returns to normal levels, since for so long due to the pandemic they were under-functioning.
The reopening of the roadblocks begins after the relevant agreement between the President of the Republic Nikos Anastasiadis and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.
According to the Ministry of Interior, the passage to and from the occupied areas is done by presenting a negative certificate after a PCR or rapid antigen test, which must be in printed form and in a language understood by the other community, including English, regarding refers to the name of the passing person, together with an ID or passport number.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all Cypriot (Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot) citizens and members of their families, European citizens and members of their families, who are third-country nationals, will have the right to travel, provided that they are accompanied by its citizen. EU nationals of the United Kingdom (UK) and their family members holding Republic residence permits and third-country nationals holding Republic residence permits.
Third-country nationals holding a Cypriot visa (90 days), third-country nationals belonging to the list of countries without a visa (90 days) (including UK nationals who do not hold residence permits in the Republic) will also have the right to travel. third-country nationals holding residence permits in other Member States (90 days), and third-country nationals holding Schengen visas, dual and multiple (90 days).
All minors over the age of 12 need to have a negative antigen test or PCR test, it said.
Finally, it is noted that the Technical Committee for Health will assess the epidemiological situation at the roadblocks every 15 days and, depending on the cases, the traffic policy will be adjusted.