According to Prof. Badur, there are 22 million chronically ill people aged over 65 and they need to be vaccinated against flu amid pandemic. However, Turkey’s annual number of flu vaccines has never exceeded 3 million since 2006.

Prof. Özlü from the Health Ministry’s Science Board has said that “when the course of the outbreak in Turkey is concerned, it cannot be said that it has been stopped or slowed down.” He has noted that “the outbreak is still ongoing, infecting and killing people.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 9,799 and the total number of patients to 361,801. 72 people have died of the virus and the number of new patients has been announced as 2,017 in the last 24 hours.

Amid a shortage of flu vaccines and confusion about who can be vaccinated amid pandemic, the chamber has raised concerns that even a chronically ill 90-year-old might not be considered by the Ministry to be in “first-priority risk group for flu.”

"Compared to mid-September, the number of daily cases in Bursa rose approximately threefold," Koca said during a visit to the western province.

The cousin of Hurih, who died in Antep, has said, “Those who are detained are not Syrians, but citizens of Turkey. My late cousin did not have a gun. Police came to our family to take their statements, we need a lawyer and legal support to follow the case.”

The country has a higher incidence for men with 70.6 per 100,000 people, which is only surpassed by Hungary and Serbia, according to a new report.

Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Chair Korur-Fincancı has commented on the Ministry of Health’s policy on flu vaccine amid pandemic: “It must be provided free of charge without any differentiation based on risk. It is an obligation of the state.”

"The number of cases in İstanbul has made up 40 percent of the countrywide toll, reaching five times of cases in Ankara," Koca has warned.

According to the results of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Pandemic Survey on Family Medicine, İstanbul is on the brink of a riskier period than April.

The most important cause of forest fires is the combination of suitable climate conditions, strong winds, the climate crisis and the "intense destruction" in the Northern Forests, according to a report by the Northern Forests Research Association.

While Turkey’s Vice Interior Minister calls on citizens to not “give credence to fake memorandums, anonymous sources and manipulative reports,” Health Minister Koca says, “There is an increase in cases across the country, especially in İstanbul.”