Alarm in Ankara as COVID-19 sweeps Turkish capital

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ANKARA: Surging coronavirus cases in Ankara are stretching hospitals to the limit and Turkish authorities need to impose a fresh lockdown to bring ...

ANKARA: Surging coronavirus cases in Ankara are stretching hospitals to the limit and Turkish authorities need to impose a fresh lockdown to bring the virus under control, doctors in the Turkish capital say.

Two officials told Reuters the number of cases in Ankara was rising faster than anticipated, and current measures including mask-wearing and social distancing were not having the results they anticipated. "Curfew is a tough situation, we don't want to impose that. We believe that it's possible to reverse this trend in our city without such restrictions, Sahin said.

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