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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that starting on December 1 on weekdays in Turkey, the country-wide curfew will begin to operate and a complete ban on going out on weekends was introduced.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on November 30, following a meeting with the government, announced tougher restrictive measures to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection. Anadolu published a text version of the statement in Russian.
According to the agency, the president said that the new measures, which will take effect on December 1, include a nationwide curfew on weekdays, starting at 9:00 p.m. M.
The restrictions also introduce a ban on going out on weekends, from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, Erdogan added.
The curfew will not apply to workers in various sectors, including manufacturing, purchasing, healthcare and agriculture, he said.
He added that markets, grocery stores, butchers and grocery stores will be able to provide home and weekend delivery services. Restaurants can only work for delivery.
The President stressed that under the new restrictions, people under 20 and over 65 are prohibited from using public transport.
According to the US Johns Hopkins University, almost 638.8 thousand people were infected with the coronavirus in Turkey as of November 30. He died of COVID-19 in the country already 13.7 thousand
An outbreak of coronavirus infection began in late 2019 in China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of the coronavirus a pandemic.
