Covid-19

Outbreak Diaries in Turkey

According to latest reports, Turkey recorded 33,198 new coronavirus infections on 08 December 2020, the highest daily number in Europe. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic more than 18.861 people have died in Turkey, including 211 health workers, who take care of coronavirus patients, according to Turkey Medical Association. Turkish government in November 2020 has signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of Chinese manufacturer Sinovac coronavirus vaccine ‘CoronaVac’, to be delivered in batches between December 2020 and February 2021. Turkey is also in talks to increase the amount of coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech companies, from initial one million doses. Healthcare workers, people aged 65 and above, disabled people, people who stay in shelters and those living in crowded places will be vaccinated in the first stage, Turkish Health Ministry said.

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    A man sits on a pier with the iconic Galata Tower in the background amid the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, in Istanbul, Turkey, 05 May 2020.

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    People wearing face masks as they pray mourning ceremony, ahead of Ashura Day, in Istanbul, Turkey, 29 August 2020.

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    A medical worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) attends to a COVID-19 patient at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Istanbul Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, in Istanbul, Turkey, 21 may 2020.

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    People wearing face masks as they cross Bosphorus on a ferry from Asia side to Europe, amid the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Istanbul, Turkey, 14 June 2020.

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    A doctor holds a hand of COVID-19 patient inside a sealed intensive Care Unit (ICU) room at the Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, in Istanbul, Turkey, 07 December 2020.

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    Morgue worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as he walks next to coffins at the Cekmekoy morgue in Istanbul, Turkey, 16 May 2020.

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    An Imam (R) reading Quran while relative of Lutfiye Yilmaz, who died from Covid-19, mourning during her funeral ceremony at the Kilyos Cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey, 18 May 2020.

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    Morgue workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as they preparing to body of the Ali Daskiran, who died from Covid-19, for funeral ceremony at the Cekmekoy morgue in Istanbul, Turkey, 16 May 2020.

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    A man mourns near coffin of his relative who died from Covid-19 at the Kucukcekmece Municipality Morgue in Istanbul, Turkey, 04 December 2020.

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    A couple sitting inside the concrete block with financial district Levent background seen next to the Bosphorus on rainy day, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Istanbul, Turkey, 20 September 2020.

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