The Government has further amended restrictions on visitors to the Cayman Islands, in three areas:
- restrictions on all travellers from Countries with a vaccination rate lower 60% for the first dose of an approved vaccine to quarantine;
- restrictions on unaccompanied unvaccinated children to quarantine;
- and the payment for quarantine facilities by Government.
Under the amended regulations which came into effect today the current requirement to quarantine for visitors with vaccination certificates that cannot be securely verified and who have not spent the past 14 days in a country with a vaccination rate over 60% for the first dose of an approved vaccine has been removed. The result of this amendment is: Any vaccinated person may travel to the Islands without being subject to quarantine on arrival if they –
- Complete the pre-arrival test;
- Complete a medical and travel questionnaire and undergo a medical examination if a Customs and Border Control (CBC) Officer considers it necessary;
- Complete and submit a travel declaration to Travel Cayman no less than 72 hours prior to departing; and
- Provide evidence of the travel declaration when requested to do so by a CBC Officer.
Visiting unaccompanied children under the age of 12 years, even if unvaccinated, will not be required to quarantine under certain conditions. The changes are expected to increase airline and visitor traffic at Owen Roberts International Airport by supporting more family travel this summer. This relaxation change means an unaccompanied unvaccinated child (under the age of 12 years) – who is a Caymanian, resident, or person with close ties – will not be required to quarantine on arrival in the Islands if they intend to reside at a place where all other occupants, 12 years and over, are vaccinated.