Coronavirus: One change in new country categories

France has been downgraded from the orange to the red category as per the latest announcement on the country categories for travellers that will apply from Thursday.

According to the latest review the green category is made up of the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.

The orange category includes Greece, Spain, Italy, Malta, Portugal, the Vatican City, Argentina, Australia, Japan, Israel, Canada, Qatar, China (incl. Hong Kong and Macau), Colombia, Namibia, New Zealand, South Korea, Uruguay, Rwanda, and Chile.

The red category includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Czechia, Finland, Andorra, San Marino, Switzerland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Egypt, Armenia, Georgia, USA, UK, Jordan, Belarus, Lebanon, Oman, Ukraine, Peru, Russia, and Serbia.

Countries not listed in the green, orange, and red categories are considered to be in the grey category where special permission to enter Cyprus is needed.

Passengers coming from green category countries are not required to present a PCR test or self-isolate upon arrival.

Those arriving from destinations in the orange category need to present a negative PCR test not older than 72 hours prior to departure.

As regards red category countries, all arrivals must present a negative PCR test not older than 72 hours prior to departure and take another PCR test upon arrival in Cyprus. They must also self-isolate until the results of the second test are ready.

Vaccinated passengers or people who have recovered from Covid-19 not more than six months since their travel date, are exempted from presenting a PCR test or self-isolating. They need to present the EU Digital COVID certificate or the EU Digital COVID Recovery certificate.

All passengers need to fill out the CyprusFlightPass within 48 hours before the departure of their flight.