The Ministry of Health through an announcement gives answers to frequently asked questions about emergency measures for those returning from the UK:
1. Who will be transferred to hotels in the Republic for a limit of 7 days?
All passengers arriving at Larnaca and Paphos Airports will be transferred to hotels with which the state has reached an agreement for a 7-day time limit.
2. What applies to people under 18?
People under the age of 18 can either restrict themselves at home, or remain confined to hotels if they are traveling with their parents / guardians or if conditions at home do not allow them to be restricted there (e.g. living with people who belong to vulnerable groups, if there is no adult to take care of them, etc.).
3. Can a person, if he has space and can be isolated from the rest of his family, be confined to his home?
No. All persons, except those under the age of 18, must remain confined to the hotels of the Republic. There is no exception other than persons under 18 years of age.
4. Who covers the cost of the laboratory test on arrival, the 7η day, as well as for the transfer from Larnaca or Paphos Airports to the hotel and accommodation?
The cost of the laboratory test on arrival is covered by the passenger himself. It is reminded that all persons aged 12 and over undergo a laboratory examination.
The cost for the repeat laboratory test on 7η day is covered by the State.
Also, the cost for the transfer from Larnaca or Paphos Airports to the hotel, but also for the stay of 7 days, is also covered by the State.
5. After 7η day of restriction at the hotel and since the result of the laboratory test is negative, is the restriction terminated?
No. After the seven-day stay in the hotel and meaning that the result of the laboratory test is negative, people go to their homes, where they are required to remain in self-restraint for another three days, until the completion of 10 days from arrival.
6. Do passengers traveling to Cyprus from another country via the United Kingdom have to stay in a restricted hotel in the Republic?
No. Passengers arriving in Cyprus from another country via the United Kingdom are not required to remain confined to a Republic Hotel. They must, however, remain in self-restraint for a period of 14 days if traveling from Category C countries.
7. In case the result of the laboratory test on 7η day is positive, what procedure will be followed?
If the result of the laboratory test to be performed on 7η day is positive, then the case management protocol is activated, the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit is informed, the Personal Physician of the individual is informed and the procedure applied for all positive cases is followed.