Cyprus has banned arrivals from quite a lot of African states, together with South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe, following the detection of a brand new COVID-19 variant.
The island’s Well being Ministry on Friday stated the journey ban utilized to individuals who had travelled from, or by way of, South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana over the previous 14 days.
The ban doesn’t apply to Cypriot, EU nationals, nationals of the European Financial Space, Switzerland, or everlasting Cyprus residents supplied they carry a unfavourable 72 hour PCR take a look at and are examined once more upon arrival.
They can even should quarantine in specially-designated accommodations for a 10-day interval, the Well being Ministry stated.
No circumstances of the brand new variant have been detected on the island, it added.
By late Thursday, Cyprus had recorded 131,951 circumstances of COVID-19 since its detection on the island in March 2020, and 590 deaths.