TRNC announces home quarantine rules and regulations

The TRNC Ministry of Health have announced home quarantine rules and regulations.

1. 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 (housing, 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. 

2. If there is an individual aged over 65 years living at home and/or with risk factors that may cause a severe course of COVID-19, quarantine is not alowed in the same house. 

3. 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. 

4. 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. 

5. 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. 

6. 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. 

7. 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;

1. 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.
2. No visitors are allowed to the house. Family members do not enter the room where the contact person is.
3. In order to increase air circulation, the window is opened for at least 15 minutes to ventilate the room from time to time.
4. 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.
5. Textile products such as clothes, towels and sheets used by the contact person are washed with detergent at 60-90°C.
6. 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).
7. Contact person should call 1102 and inform when he/she feels any symptoms (fever, cough, weakness, headache, etc.).