24/11/2021
TRNC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' DECISIONS
Decisions taken by the Communicable Diseases Supreme Committee Convened under the Infectious Diseases Law 45/2018 on 19.11.2021.
In case of non-compliance with the rules taken by the Communicable Diseases Supreme Committee and stated below, criminal action will be taken in accordance with Article 43 (6) of the Infectious Diseases Law 45/2018.
The rules to be applied will be supervised by the District Police Boards, municipalities and the General Directorate of Police.
๐ DECISIONS
๐ ENTRY TO THE COUNTRY
People coming to our country by sea-air routes and those coming from outside the island who enter by using the land border gates must fill in their digital travel documents and set up their records as stated below before travelling.
AS OF 29.11.2021 DIGITAL TRAVEL DOCUMENTS MUST BE FILLED IN WITHIN 72 HOURS BEFORE TRAVEL
To create a digital travel document:
It is mandatory to download the Stay Safe application from Apple Store or Android Market to your smart devices, create a Digital Travel Document from within the application, and keep this with you digitally upon entry.
Those who do not have a smart device must fill out the Digital Travel Document at www.guvendekalkktc.com. They must keep the completed form with them as a printout when they enter the country.
People who will enter our country and who do not need to go into quarantine according to the country entry criteria, will create a Digital Travel Document from the "Travel Code Transactions" section of the "Stay Safe Application". People aged between 6 and 12 who will enter our country will also create a Digital Travel Document from this section.
People who do have to go into quarantine according to the country entry criteria and who can provide an address in our country, will create a Digital Travel Document from the "Wristband Transactions" section of the "Stay Safe Application" (except those under 12 years old).
People who do not provide an address of residence in our country and who will stay in central quarantine in designated central quarantine hotels according to the colour codes of the country they come from will create a Digital Travel Document from the "Travel Transactions Code" section of the "Stay Safe Application".
Citizens of the Republic of Turkey can upload their HES codes, vaccination documents and PCR test results to the Digital Travel Document.
People who will enter the country can save their vaccination documents and PCR test results by using the cameras of their devices to scan the QR code on the vaccination documents and PCR test results with the QR reader in the application.
Creating a Digital Travel Document will be required for people aged 6 years and over.
Wristbands are not fitted to people under 12 years of age for the purpose of quarantine. People who will enter quarantine will go to their stipulated address of residence, with their own vehicles either alone or accompanied by a driver. People who do not comply with the quarantine rules at their address of residence will be sent to central quarantine and will pay the quarantine fees themselves.
A) COUNTRY COLORS
The entry criteria to the country from overseas will be as stated below. The country colours stated in the criteria will be updated every week.
The latest table regarding country colour codes and entry criteria will take effect from THE DATE OF 29.11.2021.
๐ ๐ RULES TO APPLY ACCORDING TO COUNTRY COLORS
๐ DARK RED;
People who have traveled to these countries in the last 14 days are prohibited from entering the country.
10 days quarantine
Covid-19 test to be performed at the end of quarantine.
โค๏ธ RED;
VACCINATION or HAVE HAD THE DISEASE;
Negative PCR result for the last 72 hours before the trip.
UNVACCINATED;
Negative PCR result for the last 72 hours before the trip.
7 days quarantine
Covid-19 test to be performed at the end of quarantine.
๐งก ORANGE;
VACCINATION or HAVE HAD THE DISEASE;
Negative PCR result for the last 72 hours before the trip.
Quarantine-free entry
UNVACCINATED;
Negative PCR result for the last 72 hours before the trip.
5 days quarantine.
Covid-19 test to be performed at the end of quarantine.
๐ GREEN;
VACCINATION or DISEASE;
No restrictions.
UNVACCINATED;
Negative PCR result for the last 72 hours before the trip.
Quarantine-Free entry.
People coming from these countries will not be tested for Covid-19 at the gates.
C) GENERAL RULES;
VACCINATION PERSON: Completed the vaccination program. From 14 days after the last dose.
SINOVAC: 2 DOSES
BIONTECH: 2 DOSES
SINOPHARM: 2 DOSES
COMIRNATY (Pfizer/Biontech): 2 DOSES
VAXZEVRIA (Astrazeneca/Oxford): 2 DOSES
COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen / Johnson and Johnson: 1 DOSAGE
SPUTNIK V: 2 DOSES
MODERNA: 2 DOSES
Persons will be considered as vaccinated if they receive two different doses of the above-mentioned vaccines.
Persons who have had Covid-19 disease and 6 months have passed will be considered as vaccinated if they have 1 dose of vaccine.
Person who had the disease: Submitting a positive PCR test result between 30-180 days before travel. These persons will be considered as vaccinated persons.
Children under the age of 18 will be able to enter the country with their parents who have been vaccinated and have had the disease in the above definition, in accordance with the PCR test rules (children over 6 years old) according to the country category they came from.
Passengers will be evaluated according to the country in the highest risk group among the countries they have set foot/ been in the last 10 days.
๐ INTER-LAND BORDER CROSSING RULES
Level 1 : No tests, no restrictions (total 0-74/100000 people in 14 days).
Level 2 : Negative Antigen or PCR test every 7 days (total 75-499/100000 people in 14 days)
Level 3 : Sinovac, Sinopharm or Sputnik vaccines, as well as dual-vaccinated persons with EMA approved vaccines (1st dose if Johnson & Johnson) can pass with a 7-day negative rapid antigen test or PCR test 14 days after their last dose of vaccine.
"Unvaccinated persons can pass with a 72-hour negative rapid antigen test or PCR test (including unvaccinated workers and healthcare passers-by).
However, unvaccinated high school students and Kato Pyrgos residents will be able to pass with a 7-day rapid negative antigen test or PCR test. (total 500/100000 people in 14 days)
*People requesting to come to our country from Orange-Green Colour Category Countries via South Cyprus will be processed according to the country entry criteria stated above in โ1 Bโ. However, VACCINATED PEOPLE who will come to our country from Orange Colour Category countries who cannot submit a 72-hour PCR test, will be able to enter our country on the condition that they have a Covid-19 test at the land border gates.
*People coming from Orange-Green Colour Category countries and staying in South Cyprus for more than 10 days will be processed within the scope of the Inland Border Crossing rules if they wish to cross into our country.
* The inland border crossing rule will apply to people who have come to South Cyprus once they have stayed in South Cyprus for a period of 10 days.
* On touristic coach tours to be arranged from South Cyprus to our country, unvaccinated tourists from Orange-Red countries will be able to cross for the day provided that they present a negative PCR/antigen test conducted within the last 72 hours.
๐ ADAPASS
ADA (ISLAND) PASS (TO CHECK IF A PERSON HAS COMPLETED THE VACCINE DOSE SERIES OR HAS A COVID-19 TEST RESULT FROM THE LAST 72 HOURS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE VACCINE).
The Adapass check for people who will enter venues/activities/sectors/events will be used in all districts.
After registering at adapass.gov.ct.tr/company/register, the application will be opened with the businessโs email address and a password that will be forwarded to them by SMS.
Those venues/activities/sectors/events specified below who have not registered are required to register at the adapass.gov.ct.tr/company/register website.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE VACCINE DOSE SERIES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER CASINOS, BARS/CLUBS, INDOOR FITNESS HALLS, STADIUMS, INDOOR TEAM SPORTS AREAS, NIGHT CLUBS, GROUP DANCES, CEREMONIES, CONCERTS, THEATRES, WEDDINGS (WITH FOOD-COCKTAIL), THE INDOOR AREAS OF RESTAURANTS/TAVERNS/PATISSERIES/CAFES, THE INDOOR AREAS OF COFFEE SHOPS/COFFEE HOUSES, AND CINEMAS.
The Adapass check is mandatory for those aged 12 and above and should be done with an ID card.
The Adapass check can be done with an Adapass card, vaccine card and test result document for the 12-18 age group.
There must be a responsible person at the entrances of the venues/activities/sectors/events specified above with the aim of actively performing Adapass checks.
People working in the sectors operating in our country and listed below will repeat their antigen tests once every 21 days if they are vaccinated and once every 7 days if they are not vaccinated.
Note: School staff and special education staff will continue to repeat their antigen tests once every 14 days if they are vaccinated and once every 7 days if they are not vaccinated.
One person per 3m2 will be allowed in indoor areas in all businesses. In order to ensure social distancing, these businesses must place signs at the entrances of their businesses stating the m2 area and the total number of people who can be in the business at any one time, and place markings on the floor accordingly. Hygiene and disinfection conditions must be applied both inside the workplace and at entrances and exits. It is the responsibility of the workplace to take and implement these measures. As for outdoor areas, people will be received so that there is one person per 2m2. It is mandatory to wear masks and comply with the social distance rule in all indoor and outdoor areas.
People who have had contact with a Covid-19 positive person as stated in Annex 3 will be subject to quarantine. If the PCR test result to be obtained from the contacts are negative, the isolation period will be ended at the end of 10 days for unvaccinated people, and at the end of 7 days for double vaccinated people. The wristband quarantine process of contacts will be determined by the contact team according to the conditions stated in Annex-3. People who are not recorded as a contact in the Contact Tracing Team database will not be legally accepted as a contact and thus an official document stating that they are a contact will not be issued to such people.
Covid-19 positive people will be able to spend their quarantine period at their home with a wristband according to the conditions set out in Annex 4, if it is deemed appropriate.
๐ PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION RULES
When the studies and guides are examined, it is deemed appropriate to open the special education, pre-school, primary and secondary education 2021-2022 Academic Year on a full-time basis within the scope of the measures listed below.
Each school is responsible for setting up a โSchool Pandemic Committeeโ. This committee will work in coordination with the Ministry of Health and will consist of at least 2 people. (2 people for up to 250 students, and +1 person for every 250-plus students.) The contact details of the responsible person of the committee formed should be forwarded to the Ministry of Health.
The Communicable Diseases High Committee will hold meetings with Pandemic Committee representatives determined by the National Education and Culture Ministry to assess the situation at least once a month.
A) Transportation
- Students, drivers and supervisors will wear masks on school buses.
- Hand sanitiser will be available at the entrance to school buses.
- Supervisors on school buses will ask students about symptoms. Students with symptoms such as a fever, sore throat, cough, etc., will not be allowed on the bus.
- School pandemic committees will be responsible for the disinfection of transport vehicles and the follow-up and inspection of other transport-related measures.
- Students who are taken to school buses will be seated in the same seat every day.
- Transportation companies and pandemic committees will be responsible for implementing these rules
๐ Mask
- It is mandatory for all school staff (including transport staff) to wear masks.
- Students aged 6 and over will be required to wear masks. It is recommended that students aged 2-6 wear masks in the classroom and in indoor areas.
- Training on the use of masks will be provided by the School Pandemic Committees.
- Students who wear fabric masks are required to wash their masks every day.
C) Entry-Exit
- Attendants will be determined by the school management or the School Pandemic Committees to avoid congestion at school entrances and exits. Entry and exit will be provided by observing social distance.
D) The classroom
โThose who work in the classroom and students aged 6 and over are required to wear a mask. It is recommended that pupils aged between 2-6 wear a mask.
- Social distancing must be maintained as much as possible in the classroom (particularly in classes for pupils aged between 2-6).
- Classrooms must be ventilated and disinfection rules must be followed.
- Classroom teachers will ask students about symptoms such as a fever, cough, sore throat, etc. at the classroom entrance. Students with symptoms will be sent home.
E) Disinfection
- Training on hand disinfection will be provided by School Pandemic Committees.
- Hand sanitiser should be placed in areas deemed appropriate by the school administration (canteen, dining hall, etc.).
- The disinfection procedures specified in the booklet prepared by the Ministry of National Education and Culture must be followed.
- Disinfection within the school will be inspected by the School Pandemic Committees.
F) Break times
- Classes should take turns for breaks in order to prevent crowding during break times.
- The necessary arrangements should be made by the school administration in order to prevent crowding in the canteens.
- Classes should rotate their meal times in order to prevent crowding in the dining halls.
G) Common Use Areas
- Toilets in the school will be disinfected frequently.
- Masks will always be worn in the teachers' room, which is used as a common use area, and the social distance rule will be observed.
- The teachers' room, which is used as a common area, needs to be ventilated and disinfected frequently.
- School Pandemic Committees will be responsible for the supervision of common areas within the school.
H) Events
- If there is any collective activity in a school, mask and social distance rules will be observed. These activities will be carried out by minimising the interaction between classes.
I) Illness
- Parents should be warned not to send children with symptoms such as a cough, loss of taste and smell, sore throat, etc., to school.
J) Covid-19 Positive Patient and Contact
- The follow-up of Covid-19 positive patients and contacts will be managed in consultation with the School Pandemic Committees established in each school and the Ministry of Health contact team.
K) Tests
- People working at schools will repeat their antigen tests once every 14 days if they are vaccinated (for screening purposes), and once every 7 days if they are unvaccinated.
- Screening tests are not mandatory for primary and pre-school students. However, an antigen test will be requested from a parent who lives in the same home as these students once every 21 days if they are vaccinated, and once every 7 days if they are not vaccinated.
- Students from the 6th grade onwards (6th grade classes included) will repeat their antigen tests once every 7 days.
- Random tests will be conducted by the Ministry of Health on school staff and students.
Apprentices will be also be subject to the rules applied in the workplace where they will receive their education.
Higher Education Institutions will be opened within the framework of the plan and programme to be made by the Ministry of National Education and Culture. Each university will establish its own School Pandemic Committee. Students coming from abroad will be able to enter based on the specified country entry criteria.
Higher Education Institutions will set up Pandemic Commissions. These commissions, provided that they take into account the mask, distance and hygiene rules, will create and implement pandemic action plans within the framework of the criteria determined by the National Education and Culture Ministry.
It has been deemed appropriate to conduct national/international exams to be held in our country under the conditions stated below:
- Examinees and invigilators must have negative antigen tests from within the last 72 hours.
- Doors and windows must be kept open at all times in order to ventilate the exam area,
- Those entering the exam area must use personal protective equipment during the exam,
- Desks in the exam area must be arranged to comply with social distancing rules
- Disinfectant must be placed at the entrance to the exam area.
โถ๏ธ Schools' Positive Case and Contact Protocol
Symptoms must be checked before leaving home, boarding a bus and entering school. Those who show symptoms (teachers, workers or students) will be not be allowed into schools. They will be directed to take a test.
If a student in the class shows symptoms, the student will be directed to take a test. If their test result is negative, they will return to school.
If the studentโs test result is positive; all students in the class and teachers who have entered that class are sent home on the same day if possible, or on the next day, to have PCR test screening, and are sent home to be isolated at home until their test result comes out. The school pandemic board will forward the class list to its contact team.
School pandemic committees, administrators and headteachers are not authorised to close classrooms.
If the PCR tests of 3 or more people from the same class are positive as a result of the screening in the classroom, the rest of the class will be considered close contacts and will be isolated at home for 7 days if vaccinated, 10 days if not vaccinated. Students will continue with their education in the form of distance education for the period they are close contacts.
Students will be able to return to school with a negative PCR test result at the end of the 7-10 day isolation period. During this process, people cannot individually decide whether they are close or distant contacts. The Ministry of Health's CONTACT TRACKING UNIT will decide on close contact or contact, and this will be reported to the class through the school administration or the school pandemic committee in line with the decision to be given.
If at the end of the screening fewer than 3 people in the class have a positive PCR, the positive people and the close contacts determined by the Contact Tracking Unit will be sent to isolation and the rest of the class will continue their education at school by wearing masks and not coming into contact with other classes.
If a teacher's PCR test is positive, the close contacts determined by the Contact Tracking Unit will be directed to take a PCR test.
Contacts showing symptoms of Covid-19 during isolation will report the situation to 1102.
๐ SPORT
Swimming pools can be used by performance swimmers of sports clubs, training of licenced swimmers, competitions and by disabled individuals for rehabilitation purposes. People working in swimming pools must wear masks.
Indoor sports halls (fitness, individual) can continue their activities by being regularly ventilated and observing the social distancing and hygiene rules. Only vaccinated people will be allowed into indoor sports halls (gyms).
Staff are required to wear masks at all times.
For competitions to be held in outdoor areas, spectators will be accepted within the scope of social distancing rules, and for competitions to be held in indoor areas, one-third of the area will be used.
๐ TRANSPORTATION
Passengers will not be allowed to sit next to the drivers of buses, minibuses, taxis with โT permitsโ, touristic minibuses and permitted similar public transport vehicles. In buses, shared taxis and minibuses, passengers will be transported with a seating arrangement that leaves the seat behind the driverโs seat empty.
Vaccinated people (including those who have had their first dose but whose time for their second dose has not yet come) aged 12 and over who use public transport will present their Adapass/vaccine card before travelling. Unvaccinated people will present a PCR/antigen test from the last 72 hours.
Vehicles must be ventilated during and after journeys. The driver and passengers in the vehicle will wear masks. Vehicles will be disinfected after each journey.
It has been deemed necessary to accept passengers on sea journeys to our country with a maximum of 4 journeys per day and 350 people (excluding soldiers) per journey.
Truck drivers entering the country from our ports (Girne and Gazimaฤusa) for the shipment of goods can enter daily, provided that they submit a PCR test they have performed in the last 72 hours. If the test period of the lorry drivers exceeds the last 72 hours, then they will be able to enter with a negative antigen test to be conducted at the ports of entry. In addition, passengers can enter via both ports according to the overseas entry criteria in Decision 1.
If the test period of double-vaccinated flight crew members on duty on planes who come to our country by air exceeds 72 hours, then they will be able to enter on the condition that their antigen tests to be performed at the airport are negative.
๐ TOURISM
People who will enter to stay in a hotel and/or benefit from a hotelโs activities must have a negative PCR or antigen test conducted within the last 72 hours if they are unvaccinated. It has been deemed appropriate to provide service in hotel restaurants with a distance of 2 metres between tables and to serve at the table, and for staff to provide food and beverage (including tea and coffee machines, dispensers) service when an open buffet is required and for disposable plastic materials to be used during the provision of services.
People entering casinos are required to be vaccinated. Masks will be worn and social distancing rules observed during the time spent in the hall. Unvaccinated customers will not be accepted.
๐ SECTORS
A maximum of one third of the indoor areas of restaurants, patisseries, cafes, taverns coffee shops, coffee houses, cafeterias and clubhouses will be used. Tables must be placed 2 metres apart.
The bistro tables of bars and clubs will be placed 2 metres apart. The number of people allowed in the outdoor areas at any one time will be determined so that there is one person per 2m2, and one person per 3m2 for indoor areas. Unvaccinated people will not be allowed in.
People who enter internet cafes will be registered and will only be able to use the computers for a maximum of 2 hours.
One third of the indoor areas of betting shops will be able to be operated. Food will not be served at betting shops.
People who will work in night clubs will be evaluated upon entry according to the criteria of the country they have arrived from.
Unvaccinated people will not be allowed into night clubs.
People who will enter our country for IVF treatment will be dealt with according the entry criteria stated in Point 1 and Point 2. People who are planning to go from quarantine hotels to IVF centres for treatment will be taken from the quarantine hotel for 3-4 hours with negative PCR or antigen test results from the last 72 hours, and then taken back to the quarantine hotel after treatment. The responsibility for the person taken from the quarantine hotel will belong entirely to the Responsible Manager of the IVF Centre. The letter of undertaking prepared for each person to be taken from the quarantine hotels to the IVF centre will be signed by the Responsible Manager and these forms will be submitted to the Ministry of Health Coordination Board when applying for a treatment permit.
๐ ENTERTAINMENT/ORGANIZATION
If engagements, weddings, wedding ceremonies, circumcision ceremonies, and pre-wedding parties are held outdoors then guests will be accepted so that there is one person per 2m2, and if they are held indoors one person per 3m2.
The ceremony owners and first degree relatives will have PCR tests within 48 hours before the date of the wedding.
Masks will be worn at the ceremonies and parties, seating will be arranged by observing the social distancing rule, there will be no congratulations, and jewellery - money will be deposited into a chest. Close-distance games, dances and halay dances that would breach social distancing will not be performed.
People will be allowed into group dances, ceremonies, music, concerts, demonstrations, rallies, tombola, congresses, and similar shows and events so that there is one person per 2m2 in outdoor areas and one person per 3m2 in indoor areas. The number of people determined that can be in the area at any one time will be allowed in.
People will be allowed into cinemas, indoor concerts and theatres on the basis that half of the auditorium is used and that there is no eating and drinking in the auditoriums. People working in these sectors must wear masks.
๐ OTHERS
Mass worshipping will be held in accordance with social distancing, mask and hygiene rules and using a maximum of one-third of the indoor area to be worshipped in.
Worker accommodation must be places that are socially distanced and well-ventilated within the scope of pandemic rules. Maximum attention must be paid to social distancing and hygiene rules in communal areas.
Home visits have been stopped and it is forbidden for more than 10 family members to gather together.
๐ From 06 December 2021 onwards, people who have had the:
-COMIRNATY (Pfizer/Biontech)
-VAXZEVRIA (Astrazeneca/Oxford)vaccines and 6 months have passed since their dose
CORONAVAC (Sinovac) vaccine and 3 months have passed since their dose
- COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen / Johnson and Johnson vaccine and 3 months have passed
will be regarded as unvaccinated people within the country and have their Adapasses cancelled if they do not have their 3rd dose vaccines.
๐ Roadmap to be followed in our country against the Covid-19 Pandemic
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๐ Annex 1: CONTACT EVALUATION CRITERIA
Close Contact (High Risk)
- People who have had contact with a COVID-19 patient without taking protective measures (without a mask or improper use of a mask) are considered high-risk contacts in the situations below. People who have been with the COVID-19 patient within the two-day period before the onset of symptoms or, if the patient is asymptomatic, within the two-day period before the COVID-19 positive diagnosis date, are considered close contacts.
- People living in the same house as a COVID-19 patient,
- People providing direct care to a COVID-19 patient,
- People who have been face-to-face (talking, eating/drinking, etc.) with a COVID-19 patient for more than 15 minutes in one go, at a distance of less than 2 metres,
- People who are face-to-face (talking, eating/drinking, etc.) for a total of 15 minutes or more in a 24-hour period (for example, three separate periods of 5 minutes or more in total in one day) at a distance of less than 2 metres from a COVID-19 patient,
- Those who live in the same room in a house/dormitory as a COVID-19 patient,
- Students and teachers sharing the same classroom as a student/teacher with COVID-19,
- People who have been in physical contact with a COVID-19 patient (e.g. kissing, embracing, hugging, etc.),
- People who have been in unprotected contact with the secretions (saliva, sputum, etc.) of a COVID-19 patient or in situations such as a sneezing-coughing of a COVID-19 patient,
- People who have been in the same indoor environment as a COVID-19 patient for more than 15 minutes, regardless of the 2-metre distance rule (people who work in the same office with the COVID-19 patient, people sharing the same room in a dormitory or hotel, people traveling in the same vehicle, etc.) ,
- Passengers traveling on the same plane with a COVID-19 patient from sitting in the two seats in front, the two behind, and the two behind (if the person is sitting by the aisle, the closest people sitting in the front and rear diagonal seats are also regarded as contacts).
- Close contacts stay in quarantine for 7 days if they are vaccinated, and 10 days if they are unvaccinated, based on the last contact date. - - The last contact date of close contacts is considered as day 0. If COVID-19 symptoms develop in close contacts during the follow-up period, samples are taken by the filiation teams. A control PCR is performed on the 7th day if vaccinated and on the 10th day if unvaccinated for close contacts and those who do not develop symptoms during the follow-up period. The quarantine of close contacts is terminated based on the negative test result of the 7th and 10th days.
Remote Contact (Low Risk)
- People who have been in contact with a COVID-19 patient while taking protective measures (by wearing a mask that covers the mouth and nose) are considered low-risk contacts in the situations below.
- People who have been wearing a mask for more than 15 minutes in the same well-ventilated indoor environment as a COVID-19 patient,
- Students and teachers sharing the same classroom with a student/teacher with COVID-19,
-People without a mask who have been with a COVID-19 patient in the same indoor environment for less than 15 minutes and more than 2 metres away.
-These people are informed that they should continue to work with a mask and monitor themselves for 7 days in terms of COVID-19 symptoms. These people are asked to have a PCR done on the 7th day from the last contact date.
Contact Home Quarantine Criteria
-In order to implement home quarantine, it is obligatory to have a separate room, toilet and bathroom belonging to the person in such a way that there is no contact with other individuals in the house (residence, dormitory, lodging, etc.). Otherwise, other non-contact individuals must stay in another residence.
In cases where these conditions are not met, the contact person is put into hotel quarantine.
-If there is an individual living at home > 65 years of age and/or with risk factors that may cause a severe course of COVID-19, quarantine is not entered in the same house.
-Persons living in public areas (housing, dormitory, military unit, etc.) and compulsorily using common areas cannot be included in the scope of home quarantine. Home quarantine is applied in institutions that can fulfill the conditions in Article 1.
-In cases where these conditions are not met, the contact person is put into hotel quarantine.
-If there is more than one contact person living in the same house, home quarantine is applied in residences that meet the conditions in Article 1. If home conditions do not comply with Article 1, if individuals have the opportunity to stay in a separate house, home quarantine is applied.
-In cases where these conditions are not met, the contact person is put into hotel quarantine.
If the contact person is under the age of 18, accompanied by a parent and can fulfill the conditions in Article 1, home quarantine is applied. If home conditions do not comply with Article 1, if individuals have the opportunity to stay in a separate house, home quarantine is applied.
-In cases where both of these conditions are not met, the contact person is placed in hotel quarantine with a parent.
-Home quarantine is applied in the presence of a contact dependent on someone else's care.
-The person who will provide his care tries to meet the conditions in the 1st article. The caregiver must also comply with home quarantine rules. He cannot accept visitors to his residence.
-Hotel quarantine is also applied to people who do not wear wristbands or who cannot wear wristbands for any reason.
-Quarantine at home is when the contacts live without leaving the house and without contacting other people in the house. Home quarantine begins when the first PCR test result after the last contact date is negative. It is terminated when the PCR test is negative on the 10th day after the last contact date. The day after the last contact date is considered the first day.
** An important reason for quarantine is that you may be infected even though you show no signs of illness.
-When a person has the virus without knowing they are sick or feeling any symptoms, they can transmit the disease to others. Quarantine helps prevent the spread of the disease.
Things to watch out for in quarantine at home;
-The quarantine covers 10 days after the last contact date. Home quarantine is 7 days for people who are double vaccinated and have passed 14 days after the 2nd dose vaccination date.
-No visitors are allowed to the house. Family members do not enter the room where the contact person is.
In order to increase the air circulation, the window is opened for at least 15 minutes and the room is ventilated from time to time.
-Plates, spoons, forks, etc. materials that will be used by the contact person should be disposable if possible. If it is not possible, it should be washed in the dishwasher or using gloves at high temperatures.
-Textile products such as clothes, towels and sheets used by the contact person are washed with detergent at 60-90ยฐC.
-If the contact person has a positive COVID-19 test, the areas where the person is located are disinfected. Disinfection is done with 1% diluted bleach (1 small tea glass of bleach is put into 10 liters of water).
-Contact person should call 1102 and inform when he/she feels any symptoms (fever, cough, malaise, headache, etc.).
ANNEX 2: HOME ISOLATION OF COVID-19 POSITIVE PATIENTS
Necessary home conditions
In order to apply home quarantine to positive people, it is obligatory to have a separate room, toilet and bathroom belonging to the person in such a way that there is no contact with other individuals in the house (residence, dormitory, lodging, etc.). Otherwise, other individuals must stay in another residence.
The covid-19 positive person, who is taken into home quarantine, is monitored with a wristband. Cannot leave the house during the quarantine (only in case of emergency with the knowledge of the quarantine center).
Visitors to the house where the Covid-19 positive person is quarantined are absolutely unacceptable.
FUNCTIONING OF THE PROCESS
1- A person is called by Ministry of Health personnel and informed that their test is positive.
2- They are told they should not go to another test centre to repeat the test, and not increase transmission.
3- They will come to the Pandemic Hospital at the time they are told, where they will be assessed and a decision that they will be monitored at home or in hospital will be made accordingly. Details are obtained about their close contacts at home, work and in social activities.
4- If it is decided that the person should be monitored at home as a result of the assessment made at the hospital, a wristband is fitted to the patient and they are sent to their home. They are informed of a telephone number to be contacted if they are any problems.
5- On the 10th day of home monitoring, patients are given an appointment and a PCR check is performed. If the test result is negative, home quarantine is ended or if it is positive, the test is repeated 3 days later.
6-If a positive person has shortness of breath, chest pain and an increase in existing symptoms (fever, cough, fatigue, headache, etc.) they should provide information by calling 1102.
Note: If a Covid-19 positive person has not entered quarantine alone because they are a child or in need of care, or for a similar reason, when the patient's test becomes negative, a PCR test is also performed on the carer. If the carer's test is negative, the carer is then placed in contact quarantine for 10 days.
