Curfew to start from 11:00pm every day of the week and night clubs activities to start on May, 27

From Monday, May, 24, night time curfew will start from 11:00pm to 5:00am on all days of the week and every Sunday curfew has been lifted starting from Sunday, May, 23, 2021 while night club will open for activities on May, 27, 2021.

The new decisions were taken by the TRNC Ministry of Health and Higher Committee for Infectious Diseases which convened within the scope of the Ministry of Health Infectious Diseases Law on Friday and will be valid from Monday, May, 24, 2021.

In line with the Decisions taken by the Higher Committee for Infectious Diseases under the Infectious Diseases Law 45/2018, the Ministry of Health has decided to implement the following additional measure and decisions.

-As from Monday, May 24, 2021, night time curfew will start from 11:00pm to 5:00am on every day of the week including on weekends.

-As from Monday, May, 24, retail and merchandising services and all services / sectors not specified as closed will open for service between 8:30am and 8:00pm. 

- Markets will be open between 7:00am and 9:00pm everyday of the week.

-As from Monday, May, 24, restaurants, cafes, patisseries, buffets and taverns will continue their services between 10:00am and 10:30pm.

-Live music can be played in the open areas of restaurants, patisseries, cafes and taverns. Musicians who will make live music will repeat PCR tests every 7 days.

-It has been decided to start night clubs activities as of May, 27, 2021 provided that the persons to be assigned to the night clubs remain in central quarantine for 14 days upon entering the country. 

-Movie theaters and indoor children's playgrounds, bars, clubs will open on June 3, while indoor game halls and casinos will open on June 10.

-Birthdays can be held in open areas, observing the pandemic rules.

-All transactions related to the supply chain will be carried out between 8:00am and 9:00pm.

-Due to the increasing number of cases in India, Brazil, Netherlands, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Siera Leone and Cameroon, people who have been in these countries within the last 14 days starting from May, 24, 2021, will not be able to enter the country until a second decision is taken.

CLOSED PLACES;
-Cinema halls, engagement-wedding halls (indoor area), casinos, bar, hookah cafes and halls, indoor children's playgrounds, massage parlors, spa, open buffet restaurants, clubs, Turkish baths, saunas.

Note: Cinema halls and indoor playgrounds will be opened on June, 3, 2021 according to the number of cases at the time.

-Bars and clubs will be opened on June, 3, 2021; Indoor gaming halls and casinos will be opened on June, 10, 2021. 

RULES IN OPEN PLACES;
All institutions and organizations are to provide service in a normal working order within the framework of pandemic rules.   

Businesses will make arrangements so that the customer and employee total will be 1 person in a maximum of 5 m2. In order to maintain the social distance, these enterprises will be made to place a notice at the entrances of the enterprises regarding the m2 areas and how many people can be in the enterprise, including employees.

In addition, it is obligatory to apply hygiene and disinfection conditions both inside the workplace and at the entrances and exits, and it is the responsibility of the workplace to take and implement these measures.

-Sectors that are open will be monitored by their affiliated units, District Police Boards, municipalities and the General Directorate of Police.