Ordu suspends home visits as coronavirus cases soar in Black Sea region

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Additional measures have been implemented in the northern province of Ordu, where the highest number of new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people were reported in the last week.

The Black Sea Region, in which Ordu is also located, had 24.1 percent of all new Covid cases between February 15 and 21, according to the Ministry of Health figures. The region makes up 9.46 percent of the country's population of 83 million.

The number of new cases per 100,000 people in Ordu was 228.4 last week. It was followed by Giresun with 217.57 cases and Trabzon with 207.54 cases, Samsun with 202.94 cases and Rize with 200.08 cases.

Seventeen percent of all news cases in the country were found in these five provinces in the last week.

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Convening under the chairpersonship of Governor Tuncay Sonel, the Ordu Provincial Public Hygiene Council suspended home visits, noting that 80 percent of cases contracted the virus from homes or workplaces.

Also, those who are infected with the virus will be quarantined in their homes and neighborhood heads will ensure that mass events such as weddings, engagements and condolence visits will not be held.

People with Covid symptoms will be taken to healthcare facilities for tests and brought back to their homes by attendants by vehicles, the council decided.

Funerals won't be held with more than 30 people, the council also stated. (TP/VK)