
Turkey statement from WHO     

2020-04-23 14:41:36


	ANKARA - The World Health Organization has announced that they are optimistic about the state of the epidemic in Turkey and the number of cases began to stabilize.

	The World Health Organization (WHO) evaluated the latest situation in the coronavirus (Kovid-19) outbreak. WHO, speaking at a press conference organized by the European Department of the WHO Incident Management Team from Catherine Smallwood said: "Currently we see that the case number is around 100 thousand in Turkey and case increase rate was 47% last week. So, we see a certain level of increase in cases."

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	Smallwood said: "But thanks to the measures being implemented at a very early stage in Turkey, the overall trend began decreasing or stabilizing. Overall, we are optimistic about the case numbers stabilizing in Turkey in a cautious manner."

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