HDP Co-Chair Buldan catches Covid-19

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Peoples' Democratic Party HDP) Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has announced that she tested positive for Covid-19.

"For now, I will spend the period of quarantine and treatment at home," she said on Twitter.

With the Omicron variant becoming the dominant strain of the virus, Turkey has seen a drastic increase in Covid cases over the past month. The Ministry of Health reported over 71,000 new cases and 166 deaths yesterday (January 20).

Covid testim pozitif çıktı. Karantina ve tedavi sürecimi şimdilik evde geçireceğim.

— Pervin BULDAN (@PervinBuldan) January 21, 2022

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