Turkey tightens entry rules due to COVID-19

The total number of infected in Turkey to date has exceeded 2.11 million, more than 19 thousand people have died and more than 1.97 million have recovered.

Turkish authorities have ordered arriving air passengers to provide a negative PCR test for the COVID-19 coronavirus as of December 28. Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said this on Friday, December 25, reports TASS.

“All passengers arriving in Turkey from December 28 by air and from December 30 by land or sea must undergo a negative PCR test no earlier than 72 hours before entering the country. Those traveling to Turkey by plane should provide it. ” Result before boarding the aircraft “, – said in a statement the head of the Ministry of Health.

It is indicated that these measures will last until March 1, 2021.

The coronavirus was first detected in Turkey on March 10 in a local resident who returned from Europe. The total number of infected people in the country has already exceeded 2.11 million, 19,371 people died and more than 1.97 million patients recovered.

We will remember, WHO believes that the world is in the middle of the road to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

It was also learned that a special COVID-19 mutation was found in Nigeria. It has similarities with the type of coronavirus registered in South Africa.

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