Umongameli wase-Turkey, u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan, namhlanje ubhengeze ukubulawa kwemiqobo emitsha, eyilelwe ukunciphisa ukusasazeka kwesifo esibulalayo se-coronavirus.
Izithintelo ezintsha zibandakanya ukuvalwa kwemida yeedolophu ezingama-31 zaseTurkey kuzo zonke izithuthi - ngaphandle kwalezo ziphethe izinto ezibalulekileyo- iintsuku ezili-15.
Ukunxiba iimaski zobuso kwiindawo ezixineneyo kunyanzelekile ngoku, wongeze u-Erdogan. Abahlali baseTurkey abaneminyaka engaphezulu kwama-65 kwaye abo baneemeko ezinzima zonyango sele bexelelwe ukuba mabahlale ekhaya, kwaye lo myalelo ngoku unikezelwa kubantu abaneminyaka engaphantsi kwama-20. Amanyathelo amatsha aqala ezinzulwini zobusuku ngoLwesihlanu.
Umphathiswa wezempilo kweli lizwe watsho ngaphambili ukuba inani labaswelekayo Covid-19 Ukuqhambuka bekunyuke ngabantu abangama-69 ukuya kuma-425, ngelixa inani lamatyala aqinisekisiweyo lisondele kuma-21,000. I-Istanbul inelona nani liphezulu lamatyala, ngaphezulu kwe-12,200.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The country's health minister said earlier that the death toll from COVID-19 outbreak had risen by 69 people to 425, while the total number of confirmed cases is close to 21,000.
- Turkish residents aged over 65 and those with serious medical conditions had already been told to stay at home, and this order is now being extended to people aged under 20.
- The new measures kick in at midnight on Friday.
