Turkey’s deputy interior minister dismissed a report by the Reuters news agency Wednesday that said a possible nationwide curfew may be announced because of rising coronavirus cases.
“REUTERS’ CLAIM IS COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED”
“The Reuters-based report claiming ‘Turkey may bring curfew’ is completely unfounded. As we have told before, everyone should disregard fake memorandums, anonymous sources and manipulative reports,” Ismail Catakli, who is also a spokesman for the ministry, said on Twitter.
Reuters’ claims were based on statements made by an anonymous government official.
Turkey has confirmed more than 353,000 coronavirus infections, with over 308,000 having fully recovered. A total of 9,513 deaths have been reported and 1,504 patients are categorized as “critically ill.”