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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Monday a complete lockdown in the country from April 29 to May 17 to combat a third wave of the Coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country of 84 million people also witnessed a high number of daily deaths due to the virus, reaching 350.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkey counted 37,312 new infections Monday, the highest number in Europe. However, it is still less than the 60,000 recorded earlier this month, at the peak of the Turkish crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We must work to reduce the number of injuries quickly to less than 5,000 a day,” Erdogan said in a televised speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that a “total closure” would be imposed in Turkey, obliging people to stay in their homes, in addition to stopping all non-essential work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Movement between regions will be banned and shops will be closed on Sundays for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These measures seem to be aimed at avoiding another spike in infections during Eid al-Fitr, with the end of Ramadan in mid-May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These new restrictions come as Turkey largely lags in implementing its planned vaccination campaign after a rapid start in mid-January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkey gave two doses to eight million people, and is pressuring China to receive the 100 million Sinopharm doses it contracted to buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkey also received its first shipments of Pfizer vaccines, and reached an agreement with Russia to produce the Sputnik vaccine locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official total death toll in Turkey from the virus is 37,312.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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