Announcing a 48-hour curfew just hours before it took effect, Turkey asked people to comply 'without panicking' and to 'avoid behavior that will lead to a decrease in social distance.' Social media was soon full of images of shoppers doing the opposite.
People crowd a convenience store in central Istanbul to buy last-minute groceries, after Turkish authorities announced a weekend curfew just hours before it took effect overnight Friday.People crowd a convenience store in central Istanbul to buy last-minute groceries, after Turkish authorities announced a weekend curfew just hours before it took effect overnight Friday.
As of Saturday morning ET, Turkey had reported more than 47,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and upward of 1,000 deaths linked to the respiratory disease it can cause, COVID-19, according data compiled by. On Friday, Turkish authorities announced that at least 98 patients had died in a 24-hour span.
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