Coronavirus: Malta and Norway upgraded to Orange as country categories tweaked

Iceland was demoted from the Green category to Orange according to the latest country assessment for travel, issued by the health ministry on Monday.

The other changes concern Malta and Norway, which were both upgraded from Red to Orange.

The updated list is in force from Thursday.

No European country is currently in the Green category, after Iceland was put in the Orange category.

Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and South Korea are in the Green category. Passengers arriving from these countries do not need to present a negative PCR test upon arrival or self-isolate.

Portugal, Ireland, Finland, Malta, Iceland, Norway, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), the UK and Thailand are in the Orange category.

Passengers from Orange category countries must take a PCR test within 72 hours prior to their departure with a negative result. Cypriot citizens, their spouses and children, people residing permanently in the Republic and people allowed to enter the country based on the Vienna Convention, and people in countries where PCR tests are not provided, may get tested upon arrival at the Larnaca and Paphos airports. They need to self-isolate until the PCR results are ready. The test cost is covered by passengers.

In the Red category are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, Luxembourg, Romania, Spain, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Germany, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Rwanda, Russian, UAE, Ukraine, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Belarus, Qatar, Serbia, US, Armenia, Georgia and Bahrain.

Passengers from Red category countries are required to undergo a PCR test within 72 hours prior to departure and undergo another PCR test upon arrival in the Republic of Cyprus. They must remain in self isolation until the result is issued. The cost of the test is covered by the passengers. Cypriot citizens, their spouses and children, people residing permanently in the Republic, and people allowed to enter the country based on the Vienna Convention may get tested upon arrival at the Larnaca and Paphos airports. They need to self-isolate until the PCR results are ready. The test cost is covered by passengers.

In such cases, they need to self-isolate for 72 hours after their arrival and get another PCR test after this period expires. If their test result is negative they must send tehri results to [email protected] to be discharged from self-isolation.

Passengers from countries not mentioned above, must get special permission to arrive in Cyprus.

All passengers need to file an application to CyprusFlightPass before their flight to Cyprus.