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Health Minister Fahrettin Koca claimed at yesterday’s press conference that cases in Ankara, which ranked first in the country in the number of daily coronavirus cases in early September, decreased by 60 percent in the last trimester. Member of the Scientific Committee and Training Officer of the Emergency Medicine Clinic of Ankara City Hospital Assoc. Dr. Afşin Emre Kayıpmaz said that field scans performed within the scope of the radiation study played an important role in reducing the number of cases.
Assoc. Dr. Kayıpmaz recalled that the number of newly diagnosed cases in Ankara in early September doubled that in Istanbul, saying:
“In those days when we experienced the ‘peak’ in Ankara, that is, the ‘peak’ period, the numbers in the southeastern region of Anatolia had decreased. So much so that the decrease in the number of cases to 40-50 percent was produced in that region. Will we be? ‘He We were within a serious concern, actually we were in a time concern. Because the second largest city in our countries of Ankara. 5 million 600 thousand with a population. Ankara Our hospital only in medical care in many provinces, not even in the provincial environment of Turkey, but also in Ankara Besides these, we also have patients coming from abroad so we were eager to anticipate what the situation would be and we were anxious.
‘THE FOOTPRINT OF THE DISEASE HAS BEEN TRACKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT’
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Assoc. Dr. Kayıpmaz noted that contact tracing was very strict in Ankara, “Seriously, teams in the field kept a record of the disease until midnight. The number of cases has decreased significantly with the increase in controls with detection contact and isolation of positive people. Although we are experiencing a high density in the Covid-19 observation area of our hospital, our number of cases has decreased significantly, the number of outpatients who applied to the outpatient clinic has decreased significantly, what is important is that this is sustainable. “The better we maintain compliance with the measures here, the more successful the reduction in the number of cases and controls,” he said.
‘IN A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT, THE VIRUS FINDS THE ENVIRONMENT TO SPREAD’
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Assoc. Dr. Recalling that there will be a winter season ahead, Kayıpmaz said:
“During the winter months, people start to gather in closed and less ventilated environments. Indoor environments that are not ventilated also pose a serious risk in terms of spreading the disease. Therefore, social life must be strictly controlled in winter. It is extremely important. But it must also be sustainable. Our problem is how long it will take to maintain it. We must continue these measures without interruption until this epidemic is eliminated and the last case is treated. Unfortunately, we still see it in social media stories. I counted too many people. There was a celebration after a wedding. Both the right and the left and the mutual physical distance were completely lost. In such a closed environment, the virus has a chance to spread. should be avoided. ”
