From Monday December 28, Turkey requires all international travelers who want to enter the country by air that they have undergone a PCR test with no more than 72 hours before your arrival. As of today, Wednesday, the measure extends to all those who enter the nation Ottoman, also by sea and land, highlights Aero International.
The Minister of Health, Fahrettin Koca, reported that they had taken this measure as a result of the rapid expansion of the new strain of Covid-19 detected in countries such as the United Kingdom, Denmark or South Africa, and considered much more contagious than the original. In fact, he stressed that travelers from these destinations will have to undergo a quarantine once they arrive. Koca also warned that those passengers who do not carry proof of having taken the test they will not be able to board at origin.
It should be noted that, until now, currently, the presentation of a negative Covid test was not mandatory to travel to Turkey.
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