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 Date: 07:35 | 06 April 2020
- Modified Date: 08:25 | 06 April 2020
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.
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