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Turkey's Health Ministry changes PCR test, quarantine conditions

COVID-19

Turkey's Health Ministry changes PCR test, quarantine conditions

Minister of Health Koca has made a statement after the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board meeting: The PCR test will only be applied to those who have symptoms and the ones who have received their booster shots will not be quarantined.

13 January 2022

Turkey now offers booster shots for people aged 18 and over

COVID-19

Turkey now offers booster shots for people aged 18 and over

Addressing the public after the Science Board Meeting, Health Minister Koca has announced that everyone aged 18 and over and vaccinated with the second dose of BioNTech’s vaccine at least six month ago can get an appointment for the third dose.

11 November 2021

COVID-19 in Turkey | ‘Over half of active cases are younger than 30’

HEALTH MINISTER

COVID-19 in Turkey | ‘Over half of active cases are younger than 30’

Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has released a written statement following the meeting of the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board, announcing that “a third dose is not necessary for the ones who have received two doses of an mRNA vaccine.”

COVID-19 in Turkey: ‘Bad days are not behind us, it might get worse’

PROF. TEVFİK ÖZLÜ

COVID-19 in Turkey: ‘Bad days are not behind us, it might get worse’

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.”

26 October 2020

Coronavirus Won’t Leave us, Normalization Has to Start, Says Science Board Member

Coronavirus Won’t Leave us, Normalization Has to Start, Says Science Board Member

Health Ministry’s Science Board Member Prof. Özlü says, “We have to start the normalization, but we definitely need to abide by the rules in doing this. What we call the rule is, in fact, extremely easy. It is so easy that people of all ages can follow.”

‘First Wave of COVID-19 Not Yet Over in Turkey, Social Distance is Indispensable’

PROF. ÖZLÜ FROM SCIENCE BOARD

‘First Wave of COVID-19 Not Yet Over in Turkey, Social Distance is Indispensable’

Prof. Tevfik Özlü from the Coronavirus Science Board: “Keeping social distance is indispensable here. People should stay home unless absolutely necessary. One needs to stay away from closed spaces with poor ventilation as much as possible.”