In a thread on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was coordinating and leading the fight against the coronavirus. Stating that President Erdoğan conducted teleconferences with cabinet members and other relevant agencies to receive updates and give related orders, Altun said, “President Erdoğan is constantly monitoring the situation. We have received reports of 7 unfortunate losses of life due to the coronavirus. We’re ramping up our testing and 343 new cases have been identified in the last 24 hours.” Underlining that they have been pursuing strict measures as testing,...
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Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 25, 2020, 00:00. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 415 thousand, more than 18 thousand 500 people lost their lives and more than 108 thousand 300 people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 27,969 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting with the Presidential Cabinet members via video conference. Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın were also present during the meeting chaired by Erdoğan.
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared the efforts exerted by Turkey in the last 24 hours as part of the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Altun shared on his Twitter account the measures taken by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Health, and made the following remarks: “As our nation increases social distance within the scope of the fight against coronavirus, we are expanding the front against the virus. The measures we have taken in the last 24 hours will accelerate our struggle, and hopefully the cooperation between...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was briefed by relevant ministers on the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) via videoconference. A video, posted on President Erdoğan’s social media account regarding the content of the videoconference, stated that the President was closely following the efforts exerted by the relevant state bodies and that necessary steps were being taken in coordination as part of the fight against the coronavirus. According to the video, President Erdoğan was briefed during the videoconference on the works undertaken by Vice President Fuat Oktay, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of National Education Ziya...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a post on his Twitter account regarding important decisions taken so far in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19), and commented, "We have been putting up a relentless fight against coronavirus since the moment the first case was confirmed in Turkey. In this infographic, you can keep track of the important decisions we have taken so far with the support of our people." The important decisions and their dates are as follows in the infographic Altun shared: "March 11: First Covid-19 case was confirmed in Turkey. March 12: Schools were closed across the country. March 13: Flights...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 24, 2020, 00:00. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 370 thousand, more than 16 thousand 300 people lost their lives and more than 101 thousand 500 people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Today, Turkey has conducted 3,672 tests, bringing the total number of tests conducted to 24,017. The total...
President Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. During the conversation, cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19), bilateral relations and regional issues were discussed.
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 23, 2020, 00:00. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 340 thousand, more than 14 thousand 500 people lost their lives and more than 97 thousand 500 people recovered throughout the world.