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In a statement released on Friday, Koca emphasized that the virus had been found to be infected by travelers from the UK. Those people, as well as the people who contacted them, are in quarantine, the minister said. According to him, the new strain of the pathogen has not been identified in immigrants from other countries.
Turkey, like dozens of other countries, suspended air traffic with the United Kingdom at the end of last year due to the detection of a new strain of coronavirus and ordered the isolation of at least 4,603 travelers. In addition, a requirement for all visitors from other countries to report a negative result to the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test came into effect in Turkey last week.
The country has one of the highest rates of coronavirus infection in the world. However, according to official statistics, the average seven days of illness has dropped from more than 30,000. up to about 15 thousand. due to the introduction of the curfew in early December and the strict quarantine on weekends.
According to the Health Ministry, 21,093 people have died from coronavirus in Turkey, but critics accuse the government of deliberately minimizing the epidemic in the country.
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