The Guardian: Turkey's Covid-19 infection rate rising fastest in the world
More than 3,000 new cases reported daily but Erdoğan insists normal work must go on
Turkey’s number of coronavirus infections is increasing by more than 3,000 a day, reaching 30,217 since the first case was confirmed four weeks ago.
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 Recep Tayip Erdoğan, usually no stranger to heavy-handed tactics, has resisted calls by doctors’ unions and opposition politicians to order people to stop going to work and stay home, insisting that the “wheels of the economy must keep turning”.
Turkey is still recovering from a 2018 currency crash, leading economists and policymakers to fear a coronavirus-induced recession is inevitable.
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WNU Editor: The numbers are truly disturbing. From about 200 cases three weeks ago, to 1,000 deaths and 47,000 cases today. (John Hopkins University). And the growth is still exponential. Turkey also houses millions of refugees from the many conflicts in the Middle East, and their health status is not good. One can only imagine what the numbers are going to look like three weeks from now.
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