The UK and Roc Tighten the Screws on Travellers from the TRNC

CyprusScene Girne BRS News Podcasts : Municipality News Page 13 Pages 8/10 Pages 3/4/5 CyprusScene.com The real newspaper For people - By people 7th August 2021 to 13th August 2021 / Year 5 / Issue 188 - FREE to read or download Anglo Turkish Association The UK and RoC events tighten the screws on travellers from Pages 11/19 the TRNC Fundraising events in aid of Tulips Pages 11/12 Remembering the fire on Five Finger Mountain By Ahmet Abdulaziz Page 6 To read all Animal Welfare CyprusScene.com Enewspapers go to: https://cyprusscene.com/e-newspaper/ Pages 9/15 Page 14 Page 02 CyprusScene.com LOCAL NEWS 7th to 13th August 2021 Ministry of Health - COVID-19 - Update CyprusScene.com e-newspaper to become a Sunday e-newspaper CyprusScene.com By Chris Elliott.... There is no point in publishing old Margaret Sheard and I thank all news so we have decided to move those contributors and subscribers Since those early days when we our publishing deadline so that our who are helping us to make EDITOR AND NEWSROOM arranged to have a subscribers can now download the CyprusScene. com a favorite read. Chris ELLIOTT CyprusScene.com newspaper latest issue of CyprusScene.com on email: printed we aimed to have this a Sunday full of the very latest [email protected] designed and printed to arrive in news that we have received. the shops and markets on a DEPUTY EDITOR Saturday. EVENTS AND REVIEWS Margaret SHEARD email: Time moved on and we took on the [email protected] responsibility of designing our e- newspaper and publishing this RESIDENT JOURNALIST online as a download which has Ahmet ABDULAZIZ proved to be very successful. email: [email protected] We have found however that the arrival of additional news and SPORTS CORRESPONDENT reviews are often received too late Richard BEALE to suit our publishing deadline of email: distribution on a Saturday. [email protected] LOCAL NEWS CyprusScene.com Page 03 7th to 13th August 2021 BRS News: Update and crossing into the RoC at 3rd Aug 2021 We are sharing for readers who are have been scanned and the date Larnaca or Paphos airport you will transitting through Turkey to other seeking the latest facts and recorded although the passport will receive a date-stamped entry visa Countries. This will mean that they information news recently not have been stamped. in your passport. will not be seen as arriving from a provided by the British Residents' RED listed country, thereby Society to their members. * This will automatically start the You must leave via the RoC via identifying the start point as the 90-day ‘visa' the same route within the 90-day relevant country code under the UPDATE and CROSSING period and receive a date-stamped destinations COVID Country INTO THE RoC * You will be able to cross into the exit visa. Code. Once we have confirmation RoC as often as you wish UNTIL we will inform you. The following ‘meeting' was held the period of 90-days has been If you do not ‘use' your allocation with members of the Consular and reached. during your stay, then on your Political teams within the British return you may still enter, as long Editor's Note : High Commission following * You must then WAIT for as you do not exceed the 90-day requests by the BRS to add clarity another 90-days before you will be total. For those readers wishing to learn to the issue of crossing into the allowed to enter the RoC for more of the British Residents' RoC from the TRNC. another 90-day ‘visa' period. ISTANBUL COVID HUB Society and registration as a member which can be started on- Whilst the information is correct at PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF We are awaiting confirmation line please visit their website : the time of publication, we are YOU EXCEED YOUR 90-DAY from the UK Government to the aware that the situation can TOTAL AND CROSS INTO plan for Istanbul airport to be https://brstrnc.com : change, either on a day-to-day THE RoC VIA SBA allowed to segregate passengers basis or longer term. CROSSINGS (Pile and Black Knight, Famagusta) YOU RUN We continue to work with the THE RISK OF BEING BHC team to keep up to date with STOPPED BY POLICE AND the situation. ASKED TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU ARE THERE WITHOUT We are also aware that this will PERMISSION. THIS COULD raise more questions from RESULT IN A FINE AND/OR members but PLEASE do not REFUSED ACCESS INTO THE contact us with questions to which RoC FOR A PERIOD OF we do not yet know the answers. TIME. All we have been provided with is the following information. LARNACA/PAPHOS ONLINE MEETING WITH On entering the RoC from either THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION – CONSULAR TEAM GREEN LINE/INTERNAL BORDER CROSSINGS Within the restrictions of the 90/180-day rules, the BHC team have spoken directly to the Immigration team at Metehan with the following result. * On your FIRST crossing into the RoC (since the borders re-opened 03/06/2021) your passport will Page 04 CyprusScene.com LOCAL NEWS 7th to 13th August 2021 BRS News : Covid-19 news round up at 30th July We are sharing for readers who are According to the order published in RULES IN CLOSED AREAS responsibility of the workplace to seeking the latest facts and the Official Gazette, in accordance take and implement these information news recently provided with the partial curfew imposed to It is obligatory to comply with the measures. by the British Residents' Society to prevent the spread of the mask and distance (1.5 meters) their members. coronavirus, it is forbidden to go rules in all closed areas, and if it is The rules to be applied will be out every night from 00.00 until determined that the specified rules supervised by the District Police QUARANTINE FREE ENTRY 05.00 in the morning until 3 are not followed, penal action will Boards, Municipalities, and the TO THE TRNC August. be applied in accordance with General Directorate of Police. Article 43 (6) of the Infectious Yesterday (29th July) we received Within the framework of the Diseases Law 45/2018. the news that the TRNC decision of the Communicable Editor's Note : Government has extended the Diseases Supreme Committee, Businesses will decide so that the Quarantine-Free entry into the private sector employees working total of customers and employees For those readers wishing to learn TRNC for double-vaccinated to meet basic needs and those who is 1 person in a maximum of 5 m2. more of the British Residents' travellers from the UK, until the will perform essential services in In order to maintain social Society and registration as a end of August. the public sector such as police, fire distance, these businesses have to member which can be started on- brigade, municipality, civil put the m2 area and the total line please visit their website : Unfortunately we have not received defence, health workers, etc. will number of people in the business, any confirmation from the UK that be exempt from the partial curfew. including the employee, at the https://brstrnc.com the Sinovac vaccine has been added entrance of the business and mark to the list of vaccines which would Except for these people, they have the places accordingly. In addition, allow anyone travelling to the UK, to abide by the ban. Those who do it is obligatory to apply hygiene who has received both doses of that not comply with the partial curfew and disinfection conditions both vaccine, being allowed quarantine- will be prosecuted within the inside the workplace and at the free access, but we are aware that framework of the current entrance and exit, and it is the the European Medicines Agency is legislation. testing the efficacy of the vaccine for that purpose. Once we receive any further information we will circulate the details. ACCESS TO INTERNAL AREAS OF PREMISES We have been made aware that certain premises are unaware of the rules allowing double-vaccinated members into the internal areas of their businesses. Attached is a graphic which hopefully will help should THEY be unaware of the rules! LATEST COVID REGULATIONS The Council of Ministers extended the partial curfew at night in the TRNC. LOCAL NEWS CyprusScene.com Page 05 7th to 13th August 2021 BRS News: Leaving via the RoC after September 2021 We are sharing for readers who in the 90-day period prior to the are seeking the latest facts and implementation of any new information news recently regulations) and are thinking provided by the British Residents' about travelling out of the Society to their members. Republic of Cyprus to the UK, from next month onwards, then LEAVING THE RoC AFTER you should consider the SEPTEMBER possibility of some changes being implemented by the Republic of In our previous Update we Cyprus, and that you may NOT provided you with the latest BE ALLOWED to leave via information regarding the 90/180- Larnaca, Paphos or Limassol. day rules that were currently operating in the RoC. This will NOT affect those UK citizens who arrive in the RoC You will also remember that we after the implementation date of period we are still awaiting This has been another 'hot topic' did allude to the fact that these any new regulations and are given confirmation of these rules. but the NHS continues to refuse could change at any time in the a dated entry stamp who intend to any vaccinations to be used for future.

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