Turkey records nearly 45,000 Covid-19 cases as Omicron surges
Turkey records nearly 45,000 Covid-19 cases as Omicron surges
The highly transmissible coronavirus variant Omicron is surging across Turkey as the country reels from an economic crisis.
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Cases in Turkey have more than doubled in just over a week [source: Getty]
recorded 44,869 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure since late April, health ministry data showed on Monday.
It also recorded 160 deaths due to Covid-19 in the same period.
Cases in Turkey have more than doubled in just over a week as the variant became dominant in the country.ÌýÌý
"Although there are no restrictions, we recommend that you act as if there are," Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on TwitterÌýin what he called a 's "warning".
TurkeyÌýis also reeling from a currency crisis as the value of the Turkish lira has plunged against the dollar.Ìý
Ìýlogged its worst year in 2021 sinceÌýÌýcame to power nearly two decades ago, despite his appeal on Friday for Turks to trust his unorthodox policies of slashing interest rates in the face of soaring inflation.
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