Cyprus entered on Sunday a new 3-week lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread in the country as there’s a surge in new cases and the situation in hospitals is alarming. The first lockdown in the country was imposed last March and lasted until the third week of May.
According to the new measures, the curfew remains between 9.00 at night and 5.00 in the morning and all meetings at private and public spaces are prohibited. Citizens are allowed to walk in parks and at the beach for physical exercise purposes and only two at a time. Citizens will be allowed to send up to 2 sms per day for their movements, according to a list of the purposes for which movement with the use of sms is allowed.
Work from home is introduced for the public sector and local authorities with an exception for essential services which will be included in a new decree to be issued later today. Moreover, church services will be taking place without attendees and weddings, baptisms and funerals will take place with a maximum of ten people.
Services of the construction sector will remain open as well as food and beverage retail companies and other companies which will be announced by the Labour Ministry.
Elementary and high schools will operate remotely. Kindergartens and special education schools remain open.
Private companies and services that remain in operation and promote remote work are allowed to have 15% of their staff in physical presence at the offices but the maximum number of employees that can be physically present are 20 people per establishment.
Businesses that are suspending their operations include: barbershops and hairdressers, beauty salons, tattoo parlours, theaters, cinemas, amphitheaters, restaurants and nightclubs, shopping malls, department stores, dance, other relevant schools.
Sport matches of the professional championships of A `Category are allowed to take place but without spectators. All other tournaments, as well as sports activities for people under 18, are suspended. Athletes of championships of Categories B `and C` will be able to train following the protocols in place.
