According to the data of the World Health Organisation (WHO) country categories of the passengers to arrive in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), have been revised as of July 1, 2020.
Passengers from A category countries will have to present a negative PCR tests carried out 72 hours before arrival. However, B category measures will be applied to the A category passengers since they will travel via Turkey.
Passengers from B category countries will have to have two PCR test done, one before arriving and one after arriving in the TRNC and they will sign a contract to assure that they will await their test results isolated in the place where will they stay.
Passengers travelling from countries falling in category C will be placed in quarantine for 14-days, the cost of which will be covered by the individuals themselves.
A Category Countries
‘Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, South Korea, Croatia, Switzerland, Iceland, Montenegro, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania. Luxemburg, Hungary, Malta, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece.’
B Category Countries
‘Australia, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, France, Holland, Ireland, Israel, Spain, Japan, Canada, Lebanon, Maldives, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Turkey, Jordan.’
C Category Countries
‘United States of America, India, United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia and other countries.’
Source; TRNC Public Information Office
In the case of travellers (swallows) to Northern Cyprus from Cat. C surely it will be safer to isolate in their own villa as at least one can wander around the villa and garden. It will save your sanity and the 9000 Tl (husband and wife) cost of isolating in a hotel room, which hasn’t proved too successful up until now especially as cleaning the room has to be carried out by the hotel ‘Guests’.
TRNC can forget holiday makers this year as it is easier to go to the South with no isolation than spend the normal 2 week holiday in isolation in the North.
I don’t how you can get a test 72hrs before travel the results take 72hrs.