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Turkey will impose travel restrictions on weekends and at night the rest of the week to combat the spread of the coronavirus, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, after the number of new cases of infection and death reached record levels. in the last weeks. weeks, Reuters reports.
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Citizens will not be able to leave their homes between 9 pm and 5 pm during the week or on weekends from 9 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday, Erdogan said.
Some sectors, such as the supply chain and production, will be exempt from the measures, which will take effect on Tuesday, he said.
The Ministry of Health reported on Monday, for the eighth day in a row, a record number of deaths associated with COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, 188.
The number of new cases of coronavirus infection, including asymptomatic ones, also reached a record 31,219.
For four months, Turkey has reported only symptomatic cases, but has reported all cases since Wednesday.
The death toll since the beginning of the epidemic in March is 13,746.
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