Restaurants, cinemas and other businesses in Turkey will have to close at 22:00 to combat the accumulation of coronavirus infections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.
The announcement came less than a week after Turkey surpassed 10,000 coronavirus deaths, and the number of new cases tends to more than the following month.
Visit our coronavirus here for the latest updates.
“Coffees, restaurants, bakeries, pastries, barbers, wedding halls, Array pools . . . theatres, cinemas and venues will have to close at 22:00,” Erdogan said in Ankara after a cabinet meeting, without specifying when the measures will enter. Force.
It said that “flexible work” in the public sector would be encouraged and that official market and bazaar supervision would be increased.
But Erdogan insisted that Turkey had not missed out on the fitness crisis, emphasizing that the country’s fitness infrastructure remained strong.
Turkish medical associations have questioned official viral statistics, suggesting that the actual number of infections is particularly higher than reported.
Since July, the Ministry of Health has been offering the number of “patients” COVID-19, than the number of viral infections.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in September that the number included only others with symptoms.
Turkey reported 79 virus-related deaths and 2,343 new “patients” on Tuesday. Koca added that the number of critically ill patients is also increasing, reaching 2386 on Tuesday.
For all newer titles, stay on our Google News online channel or in the app.
Read more:
Coronavirus: Erdogan spokesman and internal minister tested for COVID-19
New measures as coronavirus returns to Turkey, says Erdogan
WHO calls on Turkey to adopt coronavirus guidelines
Turkey plans to re-impose coronavirus brakes that damage the economy