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ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - The red letters scrolling across the front of Fikret Oluk’s bus say: “Stay Home Turkey”. But the Istanbul driver said passengers are ignoring rules and overcrowding, sometimes without masks, even as coronavirus infections rocket.
FILE PHOTO: Health workers chat with Hakki Karakaya and his wife Ferdane Karakaya, an elderly couple living in Deliler village near Elmadag, after administering the Sinovac's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine at their home as nationwide vaccination continues for seniors, in Ankara, Turkey March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan/File Photo
Turkey - which has the highest level of daily new COVID-19 cases in Europe and the Middle East - again tightened measures last week to contain the rapid spread after calls for action by doctors and opposition politicians.