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Turkey’s Covid-19 infection rate rising fastest in the world
Source:The Guardian Date:08Apr2020
Reported fatalities remain much lower than other badly hit countries, at 649, but the infection figures suggest Turkey has the fastest rising number of confirmed cases in the world. President
Opinion: Coronavirus: A timeline of Turkey’s missteps
Source:Deutsche Welle Date:07Apr2020
Turkey has put more effort into containing the flow of information about COVID-19 cases than it has into containing the spread of the virus. But transparency and press freedom are crucial to
Why Turkey is facing a steep curve of new coronavirus cases
Source:al Jazeera Date:04Apr2020
“Turkey has the highest acceleration rate for cases,” said Caghan Kizil, associate professor of neuroscience and genetics at the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
Exclusive – Idlib Truce and Fear of Coronavirus Spreading in Syria’s Quagmire
Source:Asharq al Awsat Date:04Apr2020
The regime, Idlib factions and the autonomous Kurdish administration, have imposed curfews in areas under their control and suspended fighting as a preventive measure against the coronavirus.
Ankara cracks down on efforts by medical groups, opposition to address pandemic
Source:al Monitor Date:01Apr2020
As countries around the world try to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, medical groups and opposition figures in Turkey are finding the limits of their operating space as Ankara works on
Turkish Medical Association: Covid-19 Spread All Around Turkey due to Government’s Mistakes
Source:biaNet Date:30Mar2020
“Cases and contacts are almost everywhere. After this stage, the opportunity to implement a country-wide quarantine was missed. Locally or regionally, quarantine and isolation can still be
Fighting escalates in Libya as country braces for coronavirus
Source:Financial Times Date:27Mar2020
“This is likely the beginning of a broader escalation,” said Wolfram Lacher, Libya specialist at the German Institute for International and Strategic Affairs. “Both sides have been arming
Turkish government divided over lockdown proposals
Source:al Monitor Date:27Mar2020
A report by ever-reliable militayr affairs expert Mr Metin Gurcan, which suggests up to 100K deaths from Covid-19 Turkey’s steep upward curve in new COVID-19 infections is leading
Turkey and COVID-19: Is another Italy in the making?
Source:al Monitor Date:26Mar2020
Noted author Cengiz Candar asks the question I myself asked in a YouTube broadcast: Until two weeks ago, Turkey looked happy and confident in evading the pandemic. Some pseudo-scientists
After a decade of civil war, Syria now faces threat of coronavirus
Source:Sabah Daily Date:25Mar2020
The Syrian regime announced Sunday its first case after unconfirmed reports suggested the virus had been detected but covered up, a charge officials have denied, while rolling out tight measures