Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Issues Mandatory Confinement Order for Everyone Under-20 to Curb COVID-19 Spread
In a television address, Erdogan also announced that vehicles would no longer be able to leave or enter 31 towns and cities, including Istanbul and Ankara, for 15 days. People aged over 65 or those with chronic medical conditions are already subject to obligatory confinement in Turkey.
Istanbul, April 3: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday issued a mandatory confinement order for everyone aged under 20 starting from midnight, as part of tougher measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus in Turkey.
In a television address, Erdogan also announced that vehicles would no longer be able to leave or enter 31 towns and cities, including Istanbul and Ankara, for 15 days. Coronavirus Outbreak: Turkey Reports COVID-19 First Case.
People aged over 65 or those with chronic medical conditions are already subject to obligatory confinement in Turkey.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)