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EU keeps travel restrictions on Turkey

The EU Council has updated its recommendations list for non-essential travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

4 June 2021

Turkey announces 6,602 coronavirus cases, 114 deaths

While the total number of cases is 5,270,299 the death toll has reached 47,882 people, according to the Ministry of Health.

4 June 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 in Turkey: 112 people die in a day, over 1,200 patients seriously ill

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 112 people died of coronavirus and 7,181 people tested positive with over 224 thousand tests in a day. 1,213 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

3 June 2021

281 thousand 475 vaccine doses administered in Turkey in 24 hours

As of June 2, 16 million 860 thousand 657 people received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, either that of Sinovac or Pfizer-BioNTech, while 12 million 676 thousand 482 people received both doses.

3 June 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘2 million people use credit for the first time during pandemic’

TTB Central Council member Erdoğdu says that the government mainly prefers burdening citizens with debt during the pandemic, thereby postponing the problems: “In the first wave of the pandemic, 2 million people used credit for the first time.”

3 June 2021

Turkey’s prisons ‘save on bread’ during the pandemic

According to the report of Civil Society in the Penal System Association, the food offered to prisoners is cold and of poor quality, it is not hygienic or filling, meat is replaced by rice and pasta, the number and weight of bread in grams have been reduced.

2 June 2021

Exclusion of performing arts from 'gradual normalization' protested on social media

Artists and stage laborers have been excluded from the “gradual normalization” steps that entered into force on June 1. They have been protesting on social media with the slogans “Lay claim to your stage” and “Don’t shut your eyes.”

2 June 2021

COVID-19: Over 29 million vaccine shots in Turkey so far

Turkey has so far administered over 29.25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to official figures. The WHO has also approved the vaccine of China’s Sinovac, one of the two vaccines currently used in Turkey, for emergency use.

2 June 2021

CASES PER 100 THOUSAND UPDATED

Turkey’s number of daily coronavirus cases tops 7 thousand again

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 129 people died of coronavirus and 7,112 people tested positive with over 223 thousand tests in a day. 1,241 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

2 June 2021

CORONAVIRUS REOPENING

Musicians accuse government of trying to destroy nightlife

Bars, nightclubs, concert halls and similar venues will continue to remain closed in June, according to the new coronavirus reopening schedule.

1 June 2021

COVID-19 IN TURKEY

122 people die in a day, over 1,300 patients critically ill

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 122 people died of coronavirus and 6,493 people tested positive with over 219 thousand tests in a day. 1,339 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

1 June 2021

COVID-19 IN TURKEY

‘Invisible laborers of theater industry cannot benefit from grants’

Performing their art mostly independently and unregistered, the workers of the theater industry such as performers, directors, designers, light and sound technicians and dancers have been unable to benefit from any grants during the pandemic.

31 May 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey reports less than 7 thousand cases for the first time after months

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 134 people died of coronavirus and 6,933 people tested positive with over 218 thousand tests in a day. 1,390 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

31 May 2021

‘The government did not take care of shopkeepers as it said it would’

Business owner Bacaksız: "Property owners receive rent, workers get their salary either from me or from the state, the person from whom I buy goods gets their money, the state gets taxes, but we cannot get any money as we have been closed for months.”

28 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey reports 183 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 183 people died of coronavirus and 8,426 people tested positive with over 219 thousand tests in a day. 1,504 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

28 May 2021

COVID-19

Turkey to start vaccinating people aged over 50

Addressing the public following the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board meeting, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that the people aged over 50 will be vaccinated against the virus starting from June 1, 2021.

27 May 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19: Turkey reports 166 deaths, over 8,700 cases in a day

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 166 people died of coronavirus and 8,738 people tested positive with over 221 thousand tests in a day. 1,561 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

27 May 2021

COVID-19

Ministry updates Turkey’s weekly case map

According to the updated map shared by Health Minister Koca, the number of COVID-19 cases per 100 thousand people was 123.88 in İstanbul, 123.02 in Ankara and 72.75 in İzmir in the week of May 15-21, 2021.

26 May 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey’s number of daily coronavirus cases tops 9 thousand again

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 175 people died of coronavirus and 9,375 people tested positive with over 223 thousand tests in a day. 1,667 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

26 May 2021

COVID-19

‘City hospitals have increased the contagion risk in Turkey’

63.5 percent of the participants of a survey conducted by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) say that city hospitals have increased the COVID-19 contagion risk due to their massive size and high number of beds and hospital attendants.

24 May 2021

COVID-19

There are deals for 270 million vaccine doses, but no vaccines

In a statement on May 22, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that the country made deals to receive 100 million doses of SinoVac, 120 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and 50 million doses of Sputnik vaccines against COVID-19.

24 May 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19: Turkey’s daily number of deaths falls below 200

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 197 people died of coronavirus and 7,839 people tested positive with over 210 thousand tests in a day. 1,843 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

24 May 2021

‘TURKEN CAN VACCINATE 1.5M PER DAY’

Pfizer-BioNTech to send 90 million doses of vaccine to Turkey

While Turkey has finalized a deal to buy 60 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with an option for an additional 30 million doses, Minister Koca has said, “Turkey has the potential to vaccinate more than 1.5 million people per day.”

21 May 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey reports less than 10 thousand daily cases for the first time after months

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 207 people died of coronavirus and 9,385 people tested positive with over 219 thousand tests in a day. 2,041 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

21 May 2021

BioNTech's Uğur Şahin to attend Health Ministry's Scientific Advisory Board meeting

Turkey will procure 30 million doses of the BioNTech vaccine next month, according to the health minister.

20 May 2021

COVID-19

Council of Higher Education: Vaccinate students and academics

In a letter to the Ministry of Health, the YÖK has requested that the academic and administrative staff of institutions of higher education and the students in formal education be vaccinated against coronavirus by September 2021.

20 May 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19: Turkey reports a higher number of daily fatalities

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 233 people died of coronavirus and 11,553 people tested positive with over 218 thousand tests in a day. 2,162 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

20 May 2021

COVID-19: Turkey's weekly case map updated

The Health Minister has shared the weekly provincial COVID-19 rates. The new numbers have shown that the number of cases per 100,000 people was nearly 185 in Istanbul and over 152 in the capital city of Ankara on May 8-14.

19 May 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey’s coronavirus death toll tops 45 thousand

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 203 people died of coronavirus and 11,937 people tested positive with over 217 thousand tests in a day. 2,232 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

19 May 2021

JOINT STATEMENT FROM TEN INSTITUTIONS

'Announce the extent of the pandemic in Turkey's prisons'

The institutions have urged the Ministry of Justice to make a statement about the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak in prisons.

18 May 2021

Journalist Adnan Genç dies of coronavirus

Journalist Adnan Genç, who was in treatment for COVID-19, has lost his life.

18 May 2021

COVID-19

Erdoğan: Shopkeepers will be supported in two groups

President Erdoğan has announced that 5 thousand lira will be given away to 235 thousand shopkeepers in the first group and 3 thousand lira to over 1 million 150 thousand businesses in the second group as financial support during the pandemic.

18 May 2021