How Turkey is battling the pandemic’s second wave
22 Dec 2020
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Recent restrictions have helped lower cases, but continued precautions and vaccination are key, doctors say.
As Turkey faces a dramatic rise in Covid-19 infections during the pandemic’s second wave, healthcare workers welcome restrictions and look forward to a vaccination program to reduce the coronavirus infections in the country.
“We have seen the virus cases increase almost six-fold compared to the first wave in April,” Dr Ilhan Cetin, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Sivas Cumhuriyet University told TRT World. “The restrictions undertaken by health authorities have helped reduce the number of cases.”