The TRNC Higher Committee for Infectious Diseases announces new measures

The TRNC Higher Committee for Infectious Diseases has announced new Covid-19 measures and restrictions in place.

Vaccinated persons whose validity periods for their vaccines are expired will be classified as non-vaccinated and will be subject to conditions set for non-vaccinated individuals.

According to the rules that came into force on Monday, 7-day PCR/antigen test will be requested from vaccinated people, 72-hour PCR test or 48-hour rapid test will be requested from those who are not vaccinated, but those who do not have the 3rd dose of vaccine will be treated as non-vaccinated, depending on the vaccine "validity periods."

If 7 months pass after the second dose of the Astra Zeneca, Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and 3 months after the second dose of the people who have the Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik or Johnson vaccine, the vaccines of the people who have not taken the third dose will be considered invalid.  

Rules to entering the TRNC according to countries;
Vaccinated or Positive
-Provide negative PCR result 72 hours before trip
-No quarantine

Unvaccinated  
-Provide negative PCR result 72 hours before trip
-Quarantine for 5 days

GENERAL RULES;
Vaccinated person; Must have completed the vaccination program from 2 Doses of the following vaccines, and 1st dose of Janssen / Johnson and Johnson .

• SINOVAC: 2 DOSES
• BIONTECH: 2 DOSES
• SINOPHARM: 2 DOSES
• COMIRNATY (Pfizer/Biontech): 2 DOSES
• VAXZEVRIA (Astrazeneca/Oxford): 2 DOSES
• COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen / Johnson and Johnson: 1 DOSAGE
• SPUNIK V: 2 DOSES
• MODERNA: 2 DOSES
• NOVAVAX: 2 DOSES
• COVISHIED (Astrazeneca/Oxford): 2 DOSES
• COVAXIN: 2 DOSES
• CANSINOBIO: 2 DOSES

-If people receive two different doses of the vaccines mentioned above, they will also be considered as vaccinated people. 

-Persons who have had Covid-19 disease and have received 1 dose of vaccine will be considered as vaccinated. 

-Person who has had the disease can submit a positive PCR test result up to 180 days before travel. These persons will be considered as vaccinated persons. 

-Children under the age of 18 will be able to enter the country in accordance with the PCR test rules (children over 6 years old) according to the country category they came from with their parents who have been vaccinated and have had the disease in the above definition. 

-Passengers will be evaluated according to the country in the highest risk group among the countries they have set foot/ been in in the last 10 days. 

-Persons who do not take the reminder dose will be considered as vaccinated persons when they enter the country. However, these people will be considered as unvaccinated people in the country and will be considered as unvaccinated in the Adapass inquiry.  

-Everyone who will come to the country from outside the island and enter the TRNC using the land border gates , must create a Digital Travel Document from the Stay Safe Application or the TRNC entry form section of the website www.guvendekalkktc.com within the last 72 hours before the trip .

To create the digital travel document:

• Those who have a smart device are required to download the Stay Safe application from the Apple Store or Android Market to their smart devices and create the Digital Travel Document from the "TRNC Entry Form" step in 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 digitally or as a printout.

According to the country entry rules,  people who need to go into quarantine  must create the Digital Travel Document from the "Wristband Transactions" step in the Stay Safe application. Persons under the age of 12 are not included in this coverage.

Those who do not need to be in quarantine  must create a Digital Travel Document from the "TRNC Entry Form" step in the Stay Safe application. Persons between the ages of 6-12 should also create the Digital Travel Document from this section. 

Persons who will enter the quarantine will go to their promised residence addresses, either alone or accompanied by a driver, with their own vehicles. People 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. Wristbands cannot be worn for persons under the age of 12 for quarantine purposes.

When creating a digital travel document, people who will enter the country must record their vaccination documents and negative PCR results valid for the last 72 hours before the trip by using their device's cameras, by scanning the QR on the vaccination documents and PCR test results with the QR reader in the application.

Passengers who do not fill in the "TRNC Entry Form" through the Stay Safe application or  the www.guvendekalkktc.com website and do not create a Digital Travel Document QR code will not be able to enter the TRNC.

Within the digital travel document, citizens of the Republic of Turkey can automatically upload their digital vaccination documents and PCR test results into the form by entering their HES codes.