Coronavirus Turkey restrictions

[KKOB]

It'll be OK. "Our measures are stronger than this virus."

[cenk]

New restrictions...
Entrances and going out from 30 big cities are forbidden.
People under 20 are also banned to go out of homes.
Wearing masks is now mandotary in public places like markets and supermarkets.

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[KKOB]

21:00 - Turkey imposes tougher measures, places 31 provinces under lockdown

As per new measures against the coronavirus pandemic, announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, Turkey has imposed a new curfew on all residents under 20 years of age, in addition to the curfew on people older than 65.

For the next 15 days, all entry and exit to 31 provinces will be banned, except for delivery of necessities like food, medicine and cleaning supplies and logistics vehicles of sectors approved by the Interior Ministry.

Masks will be mandatory for everybody in all public spaces, and a three-step distance between people will be maintained at all times.

Erdoğan also announced that more than 304,000 people donated over one billion liras to the “national solidarity campaign” since its launch on Monday, "despite efforts to discredit it by (opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu)."

A public hospital in central Istanbul will be renamed the Prof Dr Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital, after the internal medicine professor who lost his life after contracting the virus.

[KKOB]

"It makes one think that the majority of COVID-19 patients in Turkey, or the people who infected them, have a history of travel to Europe or the United States. It is clear that, because healthcare systems in Western countries are not extensive enough, they have fallen behind in diagnosing the disease, and in treating patients after it spread widely." said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday

[KKOB]

Anyone know where the list of provinces that have been locked down has been published ? Some sites are saying 31 cities, others are saying 31 provinces. That's a huge difference.

Apparently within hours of RTEs announcement of the lockdown a WhatsUp group was offering alternative routes to avoid the checkpoints in various parts of the country.

[Kevin Sowten]

https://www.fethiyetimes.com/news/44-news/33926-coronavirus-in-turkey.html?fbclid=IwAR3Vsei2qXi1aDdNmhqK1RsHuY9cUq1hDEF1KZbyShv4Ze8pbpd7OFdU78Q

[KKOB]

So, it IS provinces and not cities.

[KKOB]

Sadly, another expat has died of the virus in Fethiye.

https://gercekfethiye.com/fethiyede-coronadan-ikinci-olum/26561/

[legless]

There was an interesting report on EuroNews lastnight, claiming Turkey had now got the fastest rising rate of Covid-19 cases in the world, that is frightening.
To all my Turkish & English freinds stay safe   

[cenk]

There was an interesting report on EuroNews lastnight, claiming Turkey had now got the fastest rising rate of Covid-19 cases in the world, that is frightening.
To all my Turkish & English freinds stay safe   

Thank you legless.
But this may be related with the amount of tests are being done. 28.578 tests are done in a day yesterday. Test amounts are very importatnt as the more test you make, the more cases you catch and isolate them.