NEW MEASURES IN FORCE ON A CYPRUS BASIS to 30 November [see separate item on Paphos & Limassol restrictions]

 Filenews 11 November 2020

New packages of measures announced by the Minister of Health Konstantinos Ioannou, to put an end to the coronavirus pandemic, due to the increased incidents that have been present in our country lately.

Among other things, the Minister of Health noted that the following measures announced on 4 November 2020 remain in force until 30 November 2020:

1. Persons may be present at gatherings in homes and public gathering places, with the exception of dining areas, with a maximum of 10 persons per house/group, including minors.
2. Dining areas are allowed to operate until 10:30 p.m. Restaurants, dining areas within hotels and other tourist accommodations, dining areas within shopping centres, department stores and malls, taverns, cafes, pizzerias, pubs, snack bars, bars, cafes, and dining areas within canteens and/or sports groups, cultural groups, clubs, clubs, etc. It is clarified that the above areas may provide home delivery services after 10:30 p.m. The ban excludes dining areas at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
3. The maximum number of persons allowed to be served in the dining areas is set at 75 people indoors and 150 people outdoors.
4. The maximum number of persons per reservation/table/group in dining areas may not exceed 6 persons.
5. It is prohibited to move persons from 11p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day, with the exception of travel for medical reasons (from/to pharmacy, hospital) or for work purposes, by presenting a certificate or evidence.
6. The church and other forms of religious worship in churches, churches and other religious sites, as well as religious ceremonies, are performed with a maximum number of persons 75 persons, respecting the protocols applicable to places of religious worship.
7. Matches may be held in sports facilities, in the context of sports leagues, without the presence of spectators, as long as the relevant protocols are complied with.
8. The use of locker rooms in gyms is prohibited.

In addition to the above, they are implemented on a global basis for the period from 12 November to 30 November 2020:

1. The operation of children's playgrounds, theme parks and luna park is suspended.
2. Conferences, trade and art exhibitions, assemblies and events are prohibited.
3. Visits to nursing homes, care homes for the elderly, centres for chronically ill people, shelters and hostels for vulnerable groups, hostels for the transitional accommodation of homeless people, day care centres, child protection structures are prohibited, with the exception of visits to people with disabilities, where each tenant can receive two visits a week and in extremely necessary cases will be considered for more visits.
4. The operation of the campgrounds is suspended.
5. The entry and/or exit from the reception, accommodation and detention centres of asylum seekers of any person other than the entry of new asylum seekers shall be prohibited. It is understood that entry and/or exit from these centres is permitted for workers and exceptional entry and/or exit for humanitarian and/or medical reasons with the permission of the Minister of the Interior.
6. Beverage and food retailers (supermarkets, mini-markets, butchers, etc.) and pharmacies from the beginning of their operation until 10 a.m. serve only people over 65 years of age and people with disabilities.