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After the coronavirus epidemic spread around the world, the resort city of Antalya had a quiet tourist season thanks to the measures it took. The pace of the epidemic, which passed through manageable levels in the summer months, increased with the winter season.
HOME VISITS AND TRAVEL INCREASED CASES
In the city, which is in last place among the provinces where the coronavirus has started to increase, the number of cases increased with the winter season. Experts pointed out that among the reasons for the increase in cases in the city, home visits, domestic pollution, the fact that citizens are in crowded environments, especially Konyaaltı beach, due to the remaining days of summer, and the effect of shopping centers.
RATE PER CASE DOUBLED IN 1 WEEK
In a statement last week, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca stated that the case rate in Antalya doubled in a week and that bed capacity in intensive care units was 71 percent full. The city, which was at the bottom of the list until Koca’s explanation, entered the red list. Film crews affiliated with the Antalya Provincial Health Directorate have filmed approximately 180,000 people since the start of the epidemic, while filming was applied to approximately 64,000 people in November alone. 100,000 boxes of medicines used in the treatment of coronavirus since the beginning of the epidemic were delivered to patients. The 500-person film crew continues to work non-stop.
BANKS PROHIBITED, ENTRANCE TO THE STREETS LIMITED
Turkey also additional measures to the restrictions applied in the general area of the Antalya governorate, brought intense that people Kazim Ozalp Street limitation of pedestrian traffic in the city. Iron barriers were placed at the beginning and end of the street, where only 3,500 people could be found at the same time. Pedestrian traffic began to be controlled by police teams. Citizens who do not comply with the mask and physical distance are warned one by one. Criminal action applies to those who persistently do not obey the rules. Furthermore, sitting on benches was also prohibited in crowded areas of the city. The benches that were covered with security strips were deactivated.
Some preparations against the crowd were started in the city’s hospitals. To increase the capacity in intensive care beds, the bed capacity of Akdeniz University Hospital was increased from 23 to 30. The Antalya Provincial Health Directorate increased the number of film crews to 550.
The effects of the measures taken are expected to be reflected on the table in the coming days.
