Turkey Confirms 18th Coronavirus Case
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Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced that the total number of Covid-19, the new strain of coronavirus, cases in Turkey is 18.
Sharing a message on his Twitter account, Minister Koca has indicated that 12 more people have been diagnosed with the virus, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 18.
Koca also said on Twitter that among these cases, two people who had contact with the first case have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Koca also shared information about the where some of the patients originated from. He announced that while seven of the confirmed cases had come from Europe, three cases were from the United States (US).
"Every detected case and every isolation is a security measure for all of us," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca noted further.
Coronavirus cases around the worldAfter emerging in Wuhan, China last December, the virus, officially known as COVID-19, has spread to at least 141 countries and territories. The global death toll from the virus has surpassed 5,700, with more than 152,000 cases confirmed worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. You can see the number of coronavirus cases and death toll by countries in below interactive map shared by Washington University: |
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