The possibility of coronavirus reaching Turkey is very high although no cases were reported so far, the country’s health minister said Tuesday.
VIRUS HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED YET
“The possibility of this epidemic in Turkey is very high. We can just say this: The virus has not been detected yet [in Turkey],” Fahrettin Koca told the members of Turkish parliament’s health committee.
He warned Turkish citizens to take precautions against the virus in the coming month. “We should limit human touch, travel abroad as little as possible, self quarantine ourselves, and take special care of the elderly,” he added.
The global death toll from coronavirus is over 4,000 with more than 113,000 confirmed cases in 110 countries, according to the World Health Organization.