Turkey to resume flights from the UK, Denmark

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Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines has announced that the company will resume flights from the United Kingdom (UK) and Denmark.

As reported by the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA), Bilal Ekşi, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, has written on Twitter:

"Based on the decision taken by our authorities, the passengers from the UK and Denmark will be allowed to arrive in Turkey on condition of performing a negative PCR test that was done in the last 72 hours."

Turkey joined other European countries last December in banning flights from the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, South Africa, because of concerns about a new fast-moving coronavirus strain. The decision was announced by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on December 20.

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