Turkey announces full lockdown from April 29 to curb COVID spread
Turkey logged 37,312 new COVID-19 infections in last 24 hrs New restrictions will start from Thursday ANKARA: Turks will be required to stay mostly at home under a nationwide "full lockdown" starting on Thursday and lasting until May 17 to curb a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths, President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday. Turkey logged 37,312 new COVID-19 infections and 353 deaths in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, sharply down from mid-April but still the world`s fourth highest number of cases and the worst on a per-capita basis among major nations. Announcing th...