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Turkey will require a negative coronavirus test from air passengers entering the country from December 28, according to the Turkish health minister.
Travelers entering across land and sea borders will also be required to submit a negative PCR test result as of December 30.
The test must be done within 72 hours of boarding, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a statement on Friday.
The measures will be in effect until March 1, the statement read.
In addition to the coronavirus test, Turkey will also require a mandatory home quarantine for people who have been in the UK, Denmark or South Africa in the previous 10 days, according to the statement.
Those passengers will be asked to take a coronavirus test on day 7 of their quarantine and will be allowed to terminate their quarantine if they receive a negative result.
Turkey has closed a deal to obtain the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, Koca said in a tweet. The deal includes 550,000 doses to be delivered in early January and 4.5 million doses by the end of March, the tweet added.
