Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks throughout a information convention following a coronavirus illness (COVID-19) assembly in Ankara, Turkey, March 18, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
ANKARA: Turkey can resort to the “highest measure” of adopting an entire curfew if coronavirus infections proceed to unfold, the federal government mentioned on Thursday because it clamped down additional on medical instruments leaving the nation.
Turkey had introduced a partial curfew for senior residents older than 65 over the weekend, however not for most of the people as another hard-hit international locations have achieved.
The extremely contagious respiratory illness has killed 59 in Turkey after instances surged in two weeks to 2,433, the world’s nineteenth highest here rely.
“Complete social isolation is always on our agenda,” Inside Minister Suleyman Soylu mentioned on AHaber TV. Requested whether or not an entire curfew could be introduced, he mentioned: “If we cannot prevent the epidemic with these measures, we can of course take the highest measure.”
To comprise the virus, Ankara has closed faculties, cafes and bars, banned mass prayers, and suspending sports activities matches and flights. President Tayyip Erdogan mentioned Turkey will overcome the coronavirus outbreak in two to a few weeks.
Individually on Thursday, the federal government decreed that firms now want permission from authorities to export medical instruments used for respiratory assist, given rising home demand.
The rule covers the export ventilators and associated gear, oxygen concentrators, intubation tubes and intensive care screens, and different medical gear. Ankara beforehand mentioned it could cease exporting regionally made face masks.
Turkey’s Increased Training Council mentioned there could be no face-to-face lessons within the spring time period, distance studying would proceed and the college examination could be postponed to July 25-26.
Individually the central authorities mentioned all municipality conferences in April, Could and June, needs to be postponed besides underneath extraordinary circumstances.
