TRNC Health Committe announces new measures; Unvaccinated people will not be able to enter restaurants and cafes

Unvaccinated people in the TRNC will not be able to enter places such as restaurants, taverns, bars, casinos, stadiums and fitness centers whole people fro, dark red countries are to stay in quarantine for 10 days.

In addition, PCR or Antigen tests will be requested every 72 hours from unvaccinated people in public institutions.

This is according to the latest decisions of the TRNC Higher Committee for Infectious Diseases. The decisions is convened under the Infectious Diseases Law 45/2018. In case of non-compliance with the rules, penal action will be applied pursuant to Article 43 (6) of the Infectious Diseases Law 45/2018.

Also, home visits were stopped and family members of more than 10 people were forbidden to come together.

As of December, 6, 6 months would have passed since, persons who have had the Pfizer/Biontech and Astrazeneca/Oxford vaccines took their second dose, 3 months have passed since the 2nd dose of Moderna and Sinovac vaccine, 3 months have passed for those who took Johnson and Johnson vaccine and if they do not take the third dose of vaccines, they will be considered as unvaccinated people in the country.

As for the list of countries, England was included in the “Red” group. Accordingly, vaccinated people coming from England will be asked for a negative PCR result for the last 72 hours.

If it is an unvaccinated person, a negative PCR result for the last 72 hours and a 7-day quarantine will be applied before the trip. Passengers coming from Turkey, who are in the “Orange” group, will be able to enter the island with the PCR test for the last 72 hours if they are vaccinated, and will be quarantined for 5 days if they are unvaccinated.

It is obligatory to download the Stay Safe application from the Apple Store or Android Market to their smart devices, to create the Digital Travel Document from within the application.

• Those who do not have a smart device are required to fill out the Digital Travel Document at www.guvendekalkktc.com . They will have the completed form with them when they enter the country as a printout.

Persons who will enter the country and do not need to go into quarantine according to the country entry criteria will create a Digital Travel Document from the "Travel Code Transactions" section of the "Stay Safe Application" .  

People between the ages of 6-12 will also create a Digital Travel Document from this section. 

Persons who need to enter quarantine according to the country entry criteria, must show their address in the country and create a Digital Travel Document from the "Wristband Transactions" section of the "Stay Safe Application" . (except under 12 years old)

Persons who do not show their address of residence in the country and who will stay in central quarantine according to the color codes of the country they came from at the determined central quarantine hotels will create a Digital Travel Document from the "Travel Transactions Code" section of the "Stay Safe Application" .

Citizens of the Republic of Turkey can upload their HES codes, vaccination documents and PCR test results to the Digital Travel Document.

People who will enter the country can save their vaccination documents and PCR test results by using the cameras of their devices, by scanning the QR on the vaccination documents and PCR test results with the QR reader in the application.

Creation of the Digital Travel Document will be available to persons aged 6 years and above. 

Wristbands cannot be worn for persons under the age of 12 for quarantine purposes. Persons who will quarantine at home will go to their promised residence addresses, either alone or accompanied by a driver, with their own vehicles. Persons who do not comply with the quarantine rules at their residence addresses will be sent to the central quarantine, and people will pay the quarantine fees themselves.

 

 

People from dark red countries will need a 72 hours negative PCR result and will quarantine for 10 days.