FILE PHOTO: A police officer stops a motorist to check his documents during a nationwide “full closure” imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion in Istanbul, Turkey April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Murad SezerISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s new coronavirus cases climbed above 10,000 for the first time since mid-May on Friday and hit […]
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Turkey announces 4-day curfew over New Year’s to fight virus
Turkey’s president has announced a four-day lockdown starting New Year’s Eve to curb the spread of COVID-19. Speaking after a cabinet meeting Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the curfew would begin the evening of Dec. 31 and go until the morning of Jan. 4 The government this month re-introduced weekend lockdowns as well as […]
Strategies for a healthy Turkey Day feast
The football teams taking the field on Thanksgiving will bring shrewd strategies and meticulous game plans to make sure they finish the day healthy and successful. As we tackle one of the year’s biggest feasts, should we do the same? On the one hand, it’s just one day. “If you spend the majority of your […]
New peak: the WHO reports the creation of 230,000 new infections a day
The number of daily new infections with the Coronavirus has risen, according to the world health organization (WHO) to a new record level. The WHO was one of according to information from the Sunday within 24 hours, more than 230 000 new cases. Thus, worldwide, the number of the Infected is 12.5 million. 562 000 […]
Turkey lifts confinement order for over-65s, under-18s
Turkey will remove confinement rules on people over 65 years old and those under 18, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. Around 7.5 million over-65s will now be able to go out every day from 10 am to 8 pm, Erdogan said, relaxing a measure that had almost entirely forbidden them from going outside […]
Turkey coronavirus deaths pass 100: health minister
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than 100 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Turkey, according to the health minister on Saturday, as 1,704 new cases were recorded. Fahrettin Koca shared the latest figures in an image on Twitter, showing 16 more people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death […]