Gradual opening begins on Monday, February, 22

In line with the decisions taken by the TRNC Council of Ministers on Friday, some businesses and activities will be opened gradually from Monday, February, 22. 

Due to the steady decline in the number of local contamination in the TRNC, it has been decided to open businesses and / or activities gradually as of Monday, February 22, 2021.

Accordingly, a curfew will be imposed from Monday, February, 22 until Friday, February, 26 between 8:00pm and 5:00am, and between 8:00pm and 5:00am on Monday, March, 1 except for meeting basic needs. 

On Saturdays, all businesses and activities will be closed except for markets, bakeries, butchers, greengrocers, gas stations, pharmacies, agriculture, livestock and related industrial enterprises. 

On Sundays, all businesses and activities will be closed, except for pharmacies and bakeries. 

On Monday-Friday; markets will be open between 8:00am and 6:00pm (including Saturdays), retail and merchandising services (except supermarket and workplaces supplying all sectors) will serve between 10:00am and 6:00pm. 

Supply chain will be carried out including order taking, shelf arrangement and display. Orders, hot sales and distribution will be made between 8:00am-6:00pm. 

PACKAGE SERVICE, ONLINE SALES WILL BE ALLOWED
Restaurants, cafes, buffets, sandwich shops, bagel sellers and so on. services will only be provided in the form of package service, online sales and displacement, and seating areas will not be used in these sectors, and package services will be provided between 7:00am and 9:00pm. 

Bet offices will operate but without the use of seating areas and in open businesses, the total number of customers and employees will be arranged as 1 person per 5 m2. 

TRANSITION FROM LEFKOŞA-GİRNE TO OTHER DISTRICTS SUBJECT TO PERMIT
The prevalence of infection is lower in Lefke-Güzelyurt-İskele-Famagusta districts and in order to prevent the spread of infection to these districts, the transition from Lefkosa and Kyrenia districts to the aforementioned districts will be controlled by the District Police Boards. 

Persons residing or working in Pile will be able to pass daily without quarantine, provided that they submit negative PCR test results in the last seven days.

Closed Places;
-Theatre and movie theaters, show centers, concert halls, engagement-wedding halls, birthdays, religious festivals, casinos, bars, taverns, cafes-cafes, cafeterias, hookah cafes and halls, internet cafes, all kinds of game halls, indoor Children's playgrounds, clubs, swimming pools, massage salons, spa, indoor sports halls, open buffet restaurants, hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons, tattooists, open markets, night clubs, clubs, Turkish baths, saunas.  

Open Places;
All businesses and activities that are not stated implicitly can be open under the conditions stated below.
- Restaurant, cafe, buffet, sandwich shop, bagel shop etc. services will only be provided in the form of package service, online sales and displacement. Seating areas will not be used in these sectors. Package services will be provided between 7:00am and 9:00pm.

It is planned by the Ministry of National Education and Culture to bring university students to the island. Considering that some of the students coming to the country come from places with contamination, it is an inevitable fact that if the specified quarantine conditions are not strictly followed, it will cause an unavoidable contamination in the future. For this reason, the quarantine conditions of the students to be brought to the island are provided by the Ministry of Finance by the Ministry of Finance, and the security personnel in the centers where the students will be quarantined are provided by the hotels and dormitories.