Turkey is enacting precautions for international travel, requiring a negative COVID-19 test for passengers to enter the country starting today until March.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted a statement Friday saying travellers would need to present a negative result from a PCR test taken in a 72-hour window to board international flights en route to Turkey. Previously, tests weren’t required for travel to Turkey.
The rule would apply to all land and sea arrivals starting Wednesday. Travellers would be quarantined at their destination if they don’t have test results.
Travellers arriving from the United Kingdom, Denmark and South Africa in the past 10 days would have to show a negative test result and go into mandatory quarantine for at least seven days until a second test. (Source: AP)
