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Turkey to deliver aid to 2.3M households amid COVID-19 pandemic - Erdoğan

"We have started preparations to deliver aid to 2.3 million households amid COVID-19 pandemic," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in his televised remarks following a virtual cabinet meeting held on Monday.

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Published April 06,2020
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"We have started preparations to deliver aid to 2.3M households," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed in Monday remarks as speaking of the measures taken to halt spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

Erdoğan also added that Turkish health care system surpassed the "important threshold" of 20,000 daily coronavirus tests.

Referring to a recent decision to distribute medical masks to people between the ages of 20 and 65 free-of-charge, Erdoğan said local officials had begun distribution efforts, adding that the sale of masks is prohibited in the country.

He informed that 1.5 billion liras (over $221M) have been raised by Turkish citizens and companies after a National Solidarity Campaign was launched last week.