From today's
Cyprus Mail.
All UK arrivals will be taken to state allocated and sponsored quarantine hotels for seven days, the health ministry announced on Monday morning.
The measure is in effect from 6pm Monday.
The ministry had issued an advisory late Sunday saying anyone arriving from the UK would need to self-isolate following a ban on air traffic between several European countries and the UK after the government there said a mutation of Covid-19 was spreading fast.
The new health ministry statement also detailed that those under the age of 18 may self-isolate at home instead but hotels will be available to them if required – i.e., if they travelled with their parents, for example.
After seven days, those in the hotels will be required to take another PCR test and if the result is negative then they can self-isolate at home for another three days, raising the total period of self-isolation to ten days.
The health ministry confirmed that if the test taken on the seventh day is positive, the person will be treated as any other positive case and as such will be required to self-isolate at home for two weeks.
On the tenth day, as long as they have no symptoms, people can exit self-isolation. If people are symptomatic they must contact their personal doctor for further guidance.
Passengers will also have to take a PCR test upon arrival at the airport.
No more details were immediately available but further clarifications are expected throughout the day.
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