Turkey to relax quarantine rules for citizens returning from abroad
Instead of completing quarantine in dormitories across Turkey, arrivals from abroad will be allowed to isolate at home for two weeks.
With infection rates on the decline throughout much of Turkey, the government will loosen quarantine restrictions for citizens returning from abroad, the country’s state-owned news agency reported today.
Under the current rules, Turkish citizens are required to spend 14 days in quarantine in student dorms where they undergo medical checks for signs of COVID-19. Returnees will now self-quarantine for two weeks at their homes, reports Reuters, citing Anadolu Agency.
At least 9,700 citizens are in isolation in dormitories across 76 provinces, Youth and Sport Minister Mehmet Kasapoglu said today. Most recently, 157 Turks from Germany and 53 returning from Tanzania were evacuated on chartered flights and put under 14-day quarantines.
"Following the instructions from our president, we are hosting our guests from all corners of the world in our dormitories," Kasapoglu said, referring to Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
