The first person infected with corona was officially confirmed in Turkey on Wednesday. However, there are some questions among the concerned population as to whether the border with Iran is badly affected.
- The Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus continues to spread worldwide.
- Now the first infected person in Turkey has been confirmed.
- Because of the proximity to Iran , critics ask important questions.
Istanbul - The corona virus has now reached Turkey at the latest. The country, which it claims has been spared the virus for a long time, has now confirmed the first infected. Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca went to the press on Wednesday, saying that a sick person had recently flown back from a trip to Europe and was there.
Koca did not want to provide any further details to protect the patient's privacy. Deutsche Welle reports. The minister is said to have tried not to cause fear among the population. The infected person is only an isolated case and there is no danger to society.
Coronavirus: Iran neighboring Turkey with over 10,000 patients severely affected
Parts of the population and especially the critics of the regime ask themselves some questions. So far, Turkey has stated that it has no infected people in the country, but the border with Iran raises questions. After all, there are over 10,000 patients in the badly affected neighboring country.
“The laboratories say that the test procedure works perfectly. But it is surprising that Turkey is among the 80 countries spared by the virus - even though Turkey borders Iran, ”said Özlem Azap , a member of the Turkish Ministry of Health's scientific committee told DW . "Before the borders were closed, many people from our neighboring country came to Turkey." The doctor wonders whether these people had no signs of lung disease at all.
Coronavirus: Turkey has only carried out 2,000 tests
According to official information, only around 2,000 corona tests have been carried out in Turkey. "The fact that so far only one case of infection is known also has to do with the fact that many patients with mild symptoms did not report to the hospitals," Azap continued.
Protective measures and preparations for a more significant outbreak are also considered to be too low. The authorities would say that they had prepared well, but according to the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) there would be a lack of protective masks in health centers and university hospitals. Test kits would be made at only three locations.
It remains to be seen how Turkey will deal with the virus and whether the country will continue to be "spared" by Covid-19 . In any case, doctors and critics raise the alarm - and doubt the government's statements. Meanwhile, there is the fourth death in Germany and the first in Poland and Mallorca.
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