Turkey Announces First Coronavirus Death

Turkey announced on Tuesday the country’s first death from coronavirus and reported 51 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 98.

“The patient that fell victim to coronavirus is found to have contracted the disease from a China-linked employee,” state-run Anadolu news agency quoted Health Minister Fahrettin Koca as saying.

The deceased patient was an 89-year-old man, the minister said.

Due to the spread of the virus, Turkey has taken emergency measures. The learning process was suspended throughout the country.

By Ana Dumbadze 

 

18 March 2020 08:55