COVID-19

COVID 19 – Announcement of the Minister of Health Mr. Michalis Hadjipandelas on the decisions of the Council of Ministers, 12/01/2022

Revised measures have been announced today by the Minister of Health Mr. Michalis Hadjipantelas as follows (full statement in Greek here): from January 17 to February 16, 2022, the integration of the measure “test to stay” in Primary and Secondary education, with the aim of schools to remain in operation and to detect in a […]

Updated instructions for managing COVID-19 cases and their close contact, 10/01/2022

The Ministry of Health has issued updated instructions on how to manage COVID 19 cases and their close contacts here. The Full instructions documents in Greek Οδηγίες για στενές επαφές κρούσματος COVID19 8.1.2022 and English 08012022_instructionsforself-isolatingathome_EN here. 1. POSITIVE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT:  Upon announcement of a positive result after Rapid antigen test or PCR test (molecular test), […]

Clarifications on the decisions of the Council of Ministers of 5 January 2022 on announced COVID Measures

Clarifications on the decisions of the Council of Ministers of 5 January 2022 as issued here.: (a)  the operation of all public and private primary and secondary education schools on 10 January 2022, as previously decided by the Council of Ministers. It is recalled that all students, teachers and other staff must hold a negative 48-hour […]

Latest Update on New Measures as announced by the Minister of Health today, January 5th 2021

As announced here in Greek the Minister of Health the following have been agreed  at the Council of Ministers:  the operation of all public and private schools of Primary and Secondary education normally on January 10, 2022, as announced in a previous decision of the Council of Ministers. It is reminded that all students, teachers and other […]

Mandatory updating of the COVID-19 tracking system by citizens

Due to the increased number of examinations that result in the detection of a large number of positive cases, the Ministry of Health announces to the citizens that all confirmed cases must now fill out an online form to better serve them and facilitate the tracking process. The original announcement in Greek can be accessed here.  […]

Epidemiological risk assessment of countries concerning COVID-19, dated 31/12/2021

The Ministry of Health clarifies that, as of the 4th of January at 23:00, passengers over the age of 12 arriving in the Republic of Cyprus must undergo a PCR laboratory test within 48 hours prior to departure. The decision concerns all passengers regardless of vaccination history. It is understood that the above requirement also […]

Clarifications on the decisions of the Council of Ministers to stop the spread of COVID-19, issued 30/12/2021

This is an unofficial translation of the latest clarification announcement from the Ministry of Health here in Greek. The Ministry of Health clarifies that:  from 4 January at 11 pm until 15 January 2022, passengers over 12 years of age arriving in the Republic of Cyprus are required to submit a negative PCR laboratory test 48 […]

‘EXTERNAL’Statement by the Minister of Health, Mr Michalis Hadjipantela, on the decisions of the Council of Ministers

As per yesterday evening’s announcement (Full speech here in English) following measures have been decided and will be further reviewed on January 4th: The Council of Ministers has decided: In effect from 4th January to 15th January 2022, passengers arriving in the Republic of Cyprus must have undergone a 48-hour PCR laboratory test before their departure. It is […]

Vaccinations of children aged 5-11 years in cooperation with the Cyprus Paediatric Society

In the framework of the efforts to better serve parents/guardians and especially children aged 5-11 years, the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the Cyprus Paediatric Society, proceeds with the operation of large vaccination centres. In particular: On 2 January 2022, the vaccination centre at the State fair – point A will serve only children aged 5-11 years (walk-in […]

COVID-19 Announcement – Self-update of COVID-19 Positive Cases Data Entry Platform is now possible by Citizens

Due to the increased number of tests leading to the detection of a large number of COVID-19 positive cases, the Ministry of Health reminds citizens that all confirmed cases can fill in an electronic form to better serve them and facilitate the tracing process. Citizens receive a text message the day after they were diagnosed, […]