Tag: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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UK-Turkey flights resume for Turkish nationals and foreigners with residency permits, but with PCR tests and quarantine on arrival

Five days after suspending all flights from Britain due to coronavirus mutation fears, the Turkish authorities have announced a partial restoration of services for Turkish citizens and foreign nationals with Turkish residency permits only. After assessing the risks from the newly identified more contagious variant of coronavirus in the UK and elsewhere, the Turkish authorities […]

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TRNC restricts entry from UK and 3 other countries to its citizens and slaps 14-day quarantine on new arrivals

The Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) has banned travel from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Netherlands, and South Africa after authorities in the four countries detected a more infectious variant of the coronavirus. The TRNC Ministry of Health, on advice from the Contagious Diseases Executive Committee, decided on Tuesday to impose a ban on the […]

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Turkey joins countries banning flights from Britain amid COVID-19 mutation fears

Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that flights from a number of countries including Britain are being suspended due to fears over a new strain of coronavirus. The minister broke the news via social media on Sunday evening, stating that the President had instructed for flights from Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and South Africa […]

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Nine killed on Gaziantep coronavirus ward after oxygen machine explodes

Nine patients have died following an explosion and fire on an intensive care ward treating coronavirus patients in southeast Turkey. The fire was triggered by an oxygen ventilator exploding at the SANKO University Hospital in Gaziantep. Eight of the nine victims, whose ages were between 65-85 years old, have been named: Okkaş Akbulut, Elif Akgül, […]

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Turkey tops Europe’s Covid-19 table after Health Minister shamed into telling real number of cases

Debates have been raging for weeks in Turkey about the extent of coronavirus infections and deaths, with the government resisting announcing the actual numbers. In September, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca was forced to admit that the daily statistics released were not the total number of infections, but for patients showing symptoms. The confession that the […]