ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have announced that quarantine rules introduced on July 1 by Turkey for Pakistani travellers are still applicable and travellers are expected to undergo a mandatory 10-day quarantine.
According to a statement issued (today) Monday, Pakistani travellers will be quarantined either at a government facility provided by the Turkish government or at designated hotels.
“The designated hotels will be self-paid and rates are estimated at 200 euros (approximately 39,000) per night, per person,” it added. The decision to send travellers to either of the two locations will entirely be at the discretion of the Turkish authorities.
Travellers will be expected to quarantine themselves for 10 days at the designated locations with the option to take a PCR test after seven days. If the test comes back negative, travellers will be allowed to leave the quarantine facility.
It is also advised for people to be prepared to pay for their quarantine at government-designated hotels as per the rates determined by the Turkish authorities.
COVID-19 situation in Pakistan
Another 40 people have died in Pakistan due to the global coronavirus epidemic and 4,858 new cases have also been reported. The rate of positive cases in the country is 8.61%, which is the highest positivity rate since May 17.
According to statistics, 56,414 COVID-19 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, of which 4,858 were confirmed to be positive.
In addition to this, 1,316 patients have recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 943,020 while the number of active cases is 73,213.
