Turkey needs a negative coronavirus test from air travelers entering the country from December 28, according to Turkey’s health minister.
Passengers arriving through sea and land borders must also provide a negative PCR test result from 30 December.
The test must be performed within 72 hours of boarding, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a statement Friday.
The measures will be in effect until March 1, the statement said.
In addition to the coronavirus test, Turkey will also require mandatory home quarantine for people who have been in the UK, Denmark or South Africa in the previous 10 days, the statement said.
These passengers must undergo 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 terminated a contract to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, Koca said in a tweet. The agreement includes 550,000 doses to be delivered too early in January and 4.5 million doses by the end of March, the tweet added.