There are 5 levels of suppression
The details are are unique to each island, and two islands may be on the same level at the same time but have different provisions. See below for the specific details.
Grand Cayman
Grand Cayman has been operating under suppression level 2 since Sunday, 21 June. Within level 2, additional restrictions were partially lifted effective Sunday, 5 July and Sunday, 19 July. You can download the suppression level 2 flyer here.
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Cayman Brac
Within level 2, additional restrictions were partially lifted effective Sunday, 5 July and Sunday, 19 July. You can download the suppression level 2 flyer here.
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Little Cayman
Little Cayman is operating under suppression level 2. Within level 2, additional restrictions were partially lifted effective Sunday, 5 July and Sunday, 19 July. Download more details.
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In public places, maintain three feet of distance from other people and wear a face mask or face covering when in public enclosed or indoor spaces.
In Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, no more than 50 people may gather in public and processions and festive ceremonies are banned at all times, no matter how many people are involved.
While exercising outdoors and in any other public place in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, you must maintain a distance of at least three feet from any other person who is not a member of your household unless you are engaging in contact sports.
No more than 50 people may gather to exercise together. For contact sports, this maximum number of participants includes coaches, trainers and support staff.
Up to 50 spectators may attend sporting events. However, they must maintain a distance of three feet from every other person who is not a member of their household, including other spectators and players, coaches, trainers and support staff.
If you test positive for COVID-19, you might feel worried about your privacy and want to remain anonymous. Your privacy is important and your healthcare providers and public health officials will always respect this. Click here to learn how the Government and other healthcare workers keep your information confidential and the importance of privacy when it comes to COVID-19 testing.
The Office of the Ombudsman is aware of concerns that individuals are seeking to identify, and even publicly expose, people who are infected with COVID-19. Aside from the moral, ethical and societal implications surrounding the stigma associated with naming and shaming another human being, there are legal implications if sensitive personal data is made public. Read more
Persons over the age of two must wear a face mask or face covering when in most public enclosed or indoor spaces as well as while in taxis or omnibuses or waiting for public transportation in a semi-enclosed space. There are limited exceptions. Read more.
Covering your nose and mouth in this way can only work in combination with frequent handwashing with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub and social distancing, which includes staying home as much as possible.
Individual businesses across all three Islands may have their own rules and refuse entry to customers that do not comply.
If you have an urgent need to travel between the Cayman Islands and any other destination, please click here to submit your information using our TravelTime Application Form.
Ensuring minimum impact of the COVID-19 virus on the Cayman Islands is the highest priority for the Cayman Islands Government, and this includes consideration on when borders will re-open. All airports in the Cayman Islands - Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman, Charles Kirkconnell International Airport in Cayman Brac and the Little Cayman Airport - will remain closed to international leisure and non-essential travel until at least 1 October 2020, according to decisions taken by Cabinet. Official decisions regarding border opening continue to be reviewed by the Cayman Islands Government and further decisions will be announced as available.
On Friday, 17 July 2020, Cayman Islands' leaders announced the phased reopening of Cayman Islands' borders from 1 September that will enable tourism to resume but in ways that will be the "safest possible" for both locals and the air-arrival visitors. Read more
On Friday 7 August 2020, Cayman Islands Government announced extending border closure for a further 30 days until 1 October. Read more
Direct Airline Bookings
The Cayman Islands Government is aware that some airline websites are offering flights to the Cayman Islands and accepting future bookings. The public is reminded that while the Cayman Islands borders remain closed, approval has not been granted for the operation of any commercial flights. Travellers who make reservations directly with any airline while the Islands borders are closed are doing so at their own risk. It should also be noted that airline vouchers issued by other airlines for such flights are not transferrable to the British Airways repatriation flights, nor are they valid for use on Cayman Airways.
As COVID-19 testing increases and local transmission numbers come down in the Cayman Islands, employers will need to consider how to manage safely the process of returning employees to the workplace. Whether indoors or outdoors, workplaces will be required to comply with government and health guidelines of social distancing and infection prevention practices to ensure the safety of their workers and the general public. Prior to the phased reopening of workplaces, businesses and employers should put in place health and safety measures of which employees, visitors and customers must follow.
Developed by the Ministry of Health in consultation with the Public Health Department, these guidelines provide measures to prevent the spread of any potential community cases and facilitate a phased and safe re-entry of Cayman’s workforce. The guidelines should be reviewed in light of current government guidance.
As some educational institutions and facilities resume operations from 5 July 2020, guidelines have also been issued for schools, camps, vacation bible schools, and early childhood care and education centres. Read more on our Education Guidance page.
You may travel between Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman without being tested for the COVID-19 virus provided that:
- you have been in the Islands for at least 14 days prior to the date of travel, and
- you are not showing any respiratory symptoms or symptoms of COVID-19.
If you wish to travel inter-island and have not been in the Islands for at least 14 days prior to the date of travel, at least 48 hours before travelling, you must:
- request travel authorisation using the TravelTime form; and
- be tested for the COVID-19 virus.
You will only be permitted to travel after the COVID-19 test has been declared to be negative by the Medical Officer of Health.
Read more about international travel in our COVID-19 FAQs: Travel & Tourism
As of 4:30am on Sunday, 21 June 2020, all "hard" curfew orders have been revoked in the Cayman Islands.
The "soft curfew" or "Shelter in Place" provisions have also been lifted and no longer apply to any of the Islands.
However, Regulations under the Public Health Law continue to provide for certain restrictions and requirements. Read more.
The Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19 (Partial Lifting of Restrictions) (No.3) Regulations, 2020 came into effect on Sunday, 19 July 2020. Restrictions on businesses and operations at this time include but are not limited to:
- Educational establishments and facilities, including summer camps and vacation bible schools, may operate subject to relevant guidelines.
- Visitation is restricted at health care facilities, prisons and places of detention, isolation facilities, and residential care homes in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.
- In Grand Cayman, exercise and contact sports are permitted subject to public gathering restrictions on participants and spectators. Spectators must also maintain social distancing.
- A boat may not operate with no more than 50 persons or half of the maximum capacity, whichever is lesser. All persons must also be able to maintain six feet of distance from others who are not members of the same household. Boats are not permitted to congregate if more than 50 people are gathered in total or to conduct activities in certain areas.
- Taxis and omnibuses may operate at half capacity in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac. Drivers and passengers must also wear face masks or cloth face coverings.
- Bars, restaurants and nightclubs may operate in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac subject to specific conditions, including social distancing.
- Businesses shall not use or permit the use of a hookah, shisha pipe or water pipe.
- With the exception of dive tanks, it is prohibited to rent scuba or snorkelling equipment for any activity in Grand Cayman, including training in scuba diving or snorkelling.
Remote working should continue for all that can do so and employers are encouraged to consider flexible working patterns and shift work to limit the number of people gathering in one place and to maintain social distancing.
Owners and operators of public places are legally required to restrict the number of customers inside the place of business to maintain social distancing. Face masks or cloth face coverings must also be worn in many contexts.
Businesses no longer require curfew exemptions or permission from the Competent Authority ("Curfew Time") in order to open. However, owners and operators must be aware of restrictions and requirements that continue to apply to their specific operations. Read more
Across the Cayman Islands, stay at least three feet away from any other person who does not reside at the same household, no matter where you are.
This is a legal requirement when in public places in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, including outdoors and while exercising or participating in non-contact sports. If you have been permitted to visit a residential care home, you must maintain a distance of at least six feet from every other person in the facility.
In Little Cayman, you are legally required to maintain a distance of at least three feet from any person who is not a member of your household when indoors a public place.
Masks or cloth face coverings are required indoors in most public places for persons over the age of two years, including when you are unable to, or do not, maintain social distancing.
In circumstances where you're with friends, loved ones, and people you know but don't live with, you should maintain minimum 3 feet distance. Consider increasing your distancing to six feet when you are in locations or venues with strangers or people you do not know that well, for example at bars, supermarkets, shops, and restaurants.
In residential care homes and on boats, six feet of social distancing must be maintained.
Grand Cayman & Cayman Brac
No more than 50 persons are allowed to gather in public. Contact sports allow up to 50 spectators in addition to up to 50 participants. Processions and festive ceremonies are also not to be held, regardless of the number of participants.
Weddings are not to include 50 or more people other than the bride, groom, official witnesses and the marriage officer. Funerals are only allowed to be attended by up to 50 people other than the six pallbearers, at least one officiant, and essential mortuary staff.
While workplaces are not considered public places, staff should work remotely from home if they are able to. The owner or operator of a business must also restrict the number of customers indoors at any one time in order to maintain social distancing.
Little Cayman
There are no restrictions on processions, festive ceremonies or public gatherings in Little Cayman.
Inside public places, the owner or operator must restrict the number of customers at any one time so that each customer is able to distance himself or herself at least three feet from any other person.
Ensuring minimum impact of the COVID-19 virus on the Cayman Islands is the highest priority for the Cayman Islands Government, and this includes consideration on when borders will re-open. All airports in the Cayman Islands - Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman, Charles Kirkconnell International Airport in Cayman Brac and the Little Cayman Airport - will remain closed to international leisure and non-essential travel until at least 1 October 2020, according to decisions taken by Cabinet. Cruise ships and private vessels are also not being accepted to the ports of the Cayman Islands.
Cargo and courier flights as well as ocean freight are unaffected by this temporary closure and air ambulances will also be allowed to operate as normal. Chartered flights may carry international passengers with an urgent or compassionate need to travel under strict requirements, including mandatory isolation at a Government-provided facility for Caymanians and residents returning to the Cayman Islands.
On Friday, 17 July 2020, Cayman Islands leaders announced the phased reopening of borders from 1 September that will enable tourism to resume but in ways that will be the "safest possible" for both locals and the air-arrival visitors. Read more
On Friday 7 August 2020, Cayman Islands Government announced extending border closure for a further 30 days until 1 October. Read more
Direct Airline Bookings
The Cayman Islands Government is aware that some airline websites are offering flights to the Cayman Islands and accepting future bookings. The public is reminded that while the Cayman Islands borders remain closed, approval has not been granted for the operation of any commercial flights. Travellers who make reservations directly with any airline while the Islands borders are closed are doing so at their own risk. It should also be noted that airline vouchers issued by other airlines for such flights are not transferrable to the British Airways repatriation flights, nor are they valid for use on Cayman Airways.
Amendments to the National Pensions Law were passed in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, 23 April 2020 to provide for a pension holiday from 1 April to 30 September 2020 or such later date as may be appointed by Order made by the Cabinet. Qualifying pension plan members may also withdraw funds from their account subject to certain provisions. Read more.
In addition to the establishment of the Cayman Islands Centre for Business Development, Government has implemented a number of measures to support local business and commerce. These include financial assistance for small and medium businesses and the transport industry, temporary waiver of Trade & Business Licensing fees, extension of the temporary layoff period for most industries, virtual conduct of notarial acts, and others. Read more.
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From Sunday, 5 July, permissions continue to ease. The Cayman Islands are currently under suppression level 2 or 'minimal' suppression. Learn more
From Sunday, 19 July, permissions continue to ease. Public gatherings of up to 50 persons are permitted. Learn more
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From Sunday, 19 July, permissions continue to ease. Boats may carry 50 people or half max capacity (whichever is lesser). Learn more
From Sunday, 19 July, permissions continue to ease. Contact sports are permitted. Spectators are required to practice social distancing. Learn more
The Cayman Islands remain closed to commercial travel. If you need to leave or return home to the Cayman Islands as a resident, work permit holder, or Caymanian register using our form. Read more.
The CIG Cares Community Support Programme (“CIG Cares”) has been created to allow civil servants and the elected Government to “opt in” to support the community through payroll deductions. Read more.
From Sunday, 5 July, restaurants and bars may reopen their indoor seating areas, but must follow COVID-19 prevention measures. From Sunday, 19 July karaoke and dancing are permitted.
We have recently expanded our testing protocol so your doctor can decide if you need to be tested for COVID-19 without needing to refer to WHO criteria. Our screening programme also continues to test frontline workers. Read more.
From Sunday, 5 July, educational establishments may fully reopen, including social and sporting activities.
