Health workers are not considered as "Covid-19 contacts" and those who are infected but don't show symptoms are called back to work amid the coronavirus surge in the capital, according to the SES union.

Prof. Murat Yılmaz from the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit of Akdeniz University Hospital says, “If they saw our conditions, I am sure that people would be walking on the street like astronauts, let alone refusing to wear face masks.”

We have spoken with İstanbul Medical Chamber Chair Prof. Pınar Saip and Ankara Medical Chamber Chair Dr. Ali Karakoç regarding what needs to be done against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak before it is too late.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 7,186 and the total number of cases to 294,620. 67 people have died of the virus and 1,742 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

Prof. Tufan Tükek, the Dean of İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, has said, “We can say that the outbreak has started again for İstanbul. The majority are young people and the rate of pneumonia is unfortunately high.”

In an attempt to raise awareness about the COVID-19 outbreak and call on the authorities to step up measures, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has declared September 14-18 the “Week of You Cannot Manage it, We are Burning out.”

The final Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of Sinop Nuclear Power Plant has been approved. The members of Sinop Anti-Nuclear Platform have announced that they will file a lawsuit against the positive EIA report.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 7,119 and the total number of cases to 292,878. 63 people have died of the virus and 1,716 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

According to a recent survey conducted by the Ipsos research company, almost nine out of every 10 people want a province-wide or a countrywide curfew amid increasing numbers of COVID-19 fatalities and cases in Turkey.

16-year-old Eymen Hammamı from Syria was reportedly stabbed to death in a fight between two groups in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Samsun.

In treatment for COVID-19 at hospital, school principals Metin Avcı and Atilla Ayan have lost their lives. According to a statement by the Education Union dated September 7, coronavirus cases have been reported in 172 schools across Turkey.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 7,056 and the total number of cases to 291,162. 57 people have died of the virus and 1,527 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

The country's death toll has reached 6,951 with more than 288,000 cases.

Personnel, security, and healthcare workers will be appointed to the dormitories and hostels by the governors and no visitors will be accepted, according to news steps announced by the government amid a new surge in coronavirus cases all across Turkey.

Minister Koca has said that some 52 percent of beds in the country are occupied at hospitals while intensive care unit occupancy rate is at 67 percent.

Even people who had contact with patients are prescribed hydroxychloroquine and favipiravir regardless of their Covid-19 test results, according to the medical chamber.

As part of new coronavirus measures, the Ministry of Interior banned playing music in cafes, restaurants and bars after midnight.

Dr. İlhan, the Spokesperson for the Open My Hospital Platform, has spoken to bianet about the situation in Turkey amid pandemic. He has noted that the problem is not only about COVID-19 patients as other patients also postpone their treatment.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has indicated that while the eastern provinces of Diyarbakır, Şırnak, Batman, Mardin, Urfa and Siirt have witnessed a decrease in their COVID-19 infection rates, it has almost doubled in Van province over the past month.

The sanatorium in İstanbul's Heybeliada was revealed to be handed over to the Presidency of Religious Affairs.