Turks and Caicos Removes COVID-19 Requiements

There are new entry requirements when visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Ministry of Health and Human Services recently announced the COVID-19-related requirements would expire.

This means proof of COVID-19 vaccination will no longer be required for visitors to the Turks and Caicos Islands as of April 1, 2023. 

However, persons are strongly encouraged to take general precautions to protect themselves and limit the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and other respiratory illnesses in circulation.

And eligible persons are strongly encouraged to consider taking COVID-19 vaccine/booster and the flu shot.

These vaccines are available at no cost at all Primary Health Care Clinics. For further information, please visit the Ministry of Health’s website https://www.gov.tc/moh/coronavirus/. 

Separately, the U.S. CDC suggests other travel vaccinations when visiting Turks and Caicos in 2023.

Furthermore, there is a risk of dengue in this country, and visitors should avoid mosquito bites, particularly between dawn and dusk.

A British Overseas Territory located southeast of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos is an archipelago of 40 islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Before the recent pandemic, about 1.5 million people visited the islands in 2019.