Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Should the border be closed?

Not at all, proceed with due care and caution!

Our numbers are rising, at present the delta variant has not been detected but the vaccine that has been widely given here is not effective against it.
Does it mean that anyone booked to go to the UK via the south has to isolate in a government approved hotel?

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 3:43 pm

Our numbers are rising, at present the delta variant has not been detected but the vaccine that has been widely given here is not effective against it.
Does it mean that anyone booked to go to the UK via the south has to isolate in a government approved hotel?

It will do IF UK categorise the South as red, was hoping to go next month but not if hotel quarantine is required.

I think the whole of Cyprus is RED hot with temperatures exceeding 40C plus and only the the beginning of July!

Brinsley wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 4:32 pm

I think the whole of Cyprus is RED hot with temperatures exceeding 40C plus and only the the beginning of July!

please don't detract from the subject, thanks.

Does it also mean that anyone coming the the border has to isolate / quarantine?

I didn’t think it was red yet just a recommendation at this point. So the door is still open

Bert wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 5:25 pm

I didn’t think it was red yet just a recommendation at this point. So the door is still open

Cyprus post and kibris Gazette.

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 4:38 pm

Does it also mean that anyone coming the the border has to isolate / quarantine?

Well do they?

currently RoC still yellow on TRNC country list

https://saglik.gov.ct.tr/COVID-19/%C3%9 ... NK-KODLARI

for how long it remains so is a different matter

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 3:09 pm

Should the border be closed?

ROC is on the EU red list but remains amber on the UK list - thank God for Brexit.

I hope everyone holds their nerve and allows the double vaccinated to travel freely.

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 3:43 pm

Our numbers are rising, at present the delta variant has not been detected but the vaccine that has been widely given here is not effective against it.
Does it mean that anyone booked to go to the UK via the south has to isolate in a government approved hotel?

I have asked the question elsewhere about whether the Delta variant has been detected here and no one seems to know. It has been detected in Turkey. How do you know it has not been detected? Is that just because it has not been mentioned officially?

How do you know it has not been detected? Is that just because it has not been mentioned officially?
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Reported by ministry of health in kibris Gazette yesterday that the delta variant has not been detected in the north.(as yet)

Cyprus Mail 3 july yesterdays south infections
North said on thursday 500-600 we will be closing the crossing
The health ministry announced 529 cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday.

There are 54 coronavirus patients in hospitals, of whom 20 are in serious condition. Of the 20 patients, seven are intubated, three are in ICU and 10 in the High Dependency Unit.

A total of 45,212 PCR and rapid antigen tests were carried out today, with 529 cases and a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent.

The total number of positives to date is 76,862.

Of the 45,212 tests, 6,531 were PCR and 38,681 rapid tests.

The majority, 423 of the 529 cases came from rapid testing performed at health ministry testing sites, with 18 more cases found out of 561 rapid tests performed at private labs and pharmacies.

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Sat 03 Jul 2021 6:10 am

How do you know it has not been detected? Is that just because it has not been mentioned officially?

Reported by ministry of health in kibris Gazette yesterday that the delta variant has not been detected in the north.(as yet)
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Thanks I never see the Kibris Gazette. I think 'as yet' is where we are.

Now the health minister Ustal has stated that the Delta strain has been detected in the TRNC.

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Sun 04 Jul 2021 2:14 pm

Now the health minister Ustal has stated that the Delta strain has been detected in the TRNC.

Guess we all need the Pun-jab then

If we are allowed to travel quarantine free to the UK will they recognise or accept the Sinovac jab and the TRNC vaccination card?

Panchocat wrote: ↑

Tue 06 Jul 2021 4:20 pm

If we are allowed to travel quarantine free to the UK will they recognise or accept the Sinovac jab and the TRNC vaccination card?

Sinovac has not been approved by the MRHA and until the UK relaxes quarantine rules nobody knows the answer to that question.

Hedge-fund wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 8:39 pm

13roman58 wrote: ↑

Fri 02 Jul 2021 3:09 pm

Should the border be closed?

ROC is on the EU red list but remains amber on the UK list - thank God for Brexit.

I hope everyone holds their nerve and allows the double vaccinated to travel freely.

Looks like the UK govt is indeed holding its nerve.

Well done.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-sum ... s-12351279

Bloody hell!!!

The north has put the UK on its red list so back to quarantine rules regardless of jabs.

Maisiemoo wrote: ↑

Tue 06 Jul 2021 5:54 pm

Panchocat wrote: ↑

Tue 06 Jul 2021 4:20 pm

If we are allowed to travel quarantine free to the UK will they recognise or accept the Sinovac jab and the TRNC vaccination card?

Sinovac has not been approved by the MRHA and until the UK relaxes quarantine rules nobody knows the answer to that question.

To avoid quarantine on entry /re-entry to UK you need to have been vaccinated in the UK for quarantine entry from amber country
So if you had Astra zenica or Pfizer vaccine administered in Germany France or Poland RoC for example and you are entering from an Amber country its quarantine at home for ten days