Erdogan announces new restrictions in Turkey due to COVID-19

In Turkey, from the beginning of the school year, school and university staff will be required to take PCR tests regularly. Testing will become mandatory for visiting cinemas and concerts. The measure applies to those

Turkey will introduce mandatory PCR tests for attending concerts and cinemas, the measure will affect unvaccinated citizens. This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Hürriyet newspaper reports.

“We will ask unvaccinated students and university staff to regularly take PCR tests. We will also introduce mandatory testing for flights, long-distance travel, as well as for entering cinemas and concerts,” Erdogan said.

As the school year begins on September 6, unvaccinated teachers and other school staff will be required to undergo PCR testing at least twice a week, he said.

Turkey appreciated the possibility of closing flights to the country due to a new strain Society

According to the Turkish Ministry of HEALTH, over the past day, 19.3 thousand people infected with CORONAVIRUS were detected in the country, 216 people died. The total number of cases of covid-19 infection in the republic has reached 6.1 million, deaths - 53.8 thousand, follows from the calculations of Johns Hopkins University.

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