Despite the circular issued by the Ministry of Health, HDP MP Garo Paylan said that private hospitals demand fees from citizens and asked the Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca why did they allow this.
HDK warned that the coronavirus epidemic gained momentum as a result of the wrong policies of the AKP-MHP government and listed the precautions to be taken, especially the evacuation of prisoners in prisons.
Erkan Taşkan, a prisoner from TArsus Type T Prison, stating that the neccessary measures have not been taken in prison, said: "The prison staff and the guards are not using masks or latex gloves. They distribute our meals like that. This is also how they conduct searches or counts. They touch all of our belongings. They put our healths in danger as well as their own."
Pointing out that the coronavirus epidemic causes fear and panic in the states as well as in societies, Psychologist Mehmet Serif Akbas said, "If the states cannot cope with the epidemic, the necessity of their existence will be questioned."
Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against HDP MP Remziye Tosun and one more person who made announcements in Diyarbakır and warned citizens to stay indoors against coronavirus.
Around five thousand ISIS members who were arrested after their defeat in Baghouz, have instigated a riot in Heseke prison.
SES Urfa Branch Co-Chair Eylem Salar criticized the fact that health institutions are still not included in the scientific committee and stated that a participatory and local solution should be created against the coronavirus outbreak.
Ankara Medical Chamber has announced that 18 healthcare professionals were diagnosed with Covid- 19.
The coronavirus which first erupted in China in December, continues killing people worldwide.
In the province of Urfa, which borders on Syria, more and more residential buildings and roads are being quarantined due to increasing corona infections. Meanwhile, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 has risen to 131 nationwide.
There are heavy doubts about what the Turkish government is saying about the outbreak and it is worrying that it is not taking action.
Death toll rose to 131 and the total cases to 9,217. Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca announced that 23 more people have died of Coornavirus in the past 24 hours.
The large ro-ro ship used in vehicle transportation, which is not accepted to any port due to suspected coronavirus, was stranded off the Aegean Sea. There is a shortage of drinking water and there is no doctor on board.
With the Presidential Decree published in the Official Nespaper the new regulation of execution comes into force today in Turkey. Examining the regulation, ÖHD lawyer Nuray Özdoğan said, “The government states that with this arrangement, it will continue to enforce and implement enemy execution law".
Many buildings and streets are put under quarantine in 4 districts of Urfa due to coronavirus outbreak.