Turkey is one of the hardest-hit countries in the Middle East, often reporting 4,000 or more new COVID-19 cases per day. The government hopes short-term stay-home measures will curb the outbreak.
On Sunday, a chastened Soylu offered his resignation over his handling of shutdown measures, but Erdogan refused to accept it.
Turkey is one of the hardest-hit countries in the Middle East, frequently reporting 4,000 or more new cases per day. As of Monday, more than 61,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and nearly 1,300 have died. Schools and universities are closed and large gatherings are banned.
The government has announced another curfew from midnight Friday to midnight Sunday. Officials say that with the arrival of warmer spring weather, keeping people from going outdoors on the weekends is paramount.
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