ISTANBUL — Turkey is enacting precautions for international journey, requiring a negative COVID-19 test for passengers to enter the nation beginning Monday until March.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted on Friday saying travelers would want to show a negative result report 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 beginning Wednesday. Travelers can be quarantined at their destination if they don’t have to test results.
Travelers arriving from the UK, Denmark, and South Africa in the past 10 days must show a negative test result and go into necessary quarantine for at least seven days until a second test.
Turkey has among the many worst infection rates in the world, with a weekly average of more than 20,000 confirmed daily infections. The total death toll is 19,371, as per official statistics.
