Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a televised address to the nation announced the introduction of three-day curfew. He will act in 31 Turkish provinces, starting Friday, the first of may, as measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, reports the Daily Salah.
According to Erdogan, the government plans to continue the curfew on weekends until the end of Ramadan, which began April 24 and ends sundown on may 23. Shops will only work on Friday from 9 to 13 hours.
the Turkish Government refers to the successful experience of the previous imposition of a curfew in the country for a weekend in April. Stressing that Turkey has the best ratio of the number of deaths and the number infected, Erdogan said to reduce the level of a pandemic in the country and associated with COVID-19 deaths. “We see light at the end of the tunnel,” said erdoğan, thanking the citizens for their cooperation and compliance with the measures announced by the authorities.
meanwhile, health Minister Recep koca Fahrettin said that in the last 24 hours from COVID-19 died 95 people, bringing the total death toll to 2,900. During the same period recorded 2 131 cases of infection is the lowest result for the whole of April. The total number of cases in Turkey reached 112 261.
earlier, Turkish authorities announced that in late may are planning to open a tourist season. However, the right to receive tourists will have the hotels that received “certificates of health”. Furthermore, they will be excluded the power supply system according to the principle of “buffet”.
