We all know that Covid-19 is a humanitarian problem, and containing the pandemic as soon as possible is an urgent obligation to save human lives.From an economic perspective, the total cost of containing the pandemic immediately is less than that of isolation policies that are put into delayed practice.The economics profession unanimously agrees that the
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced that his ministry has gone into the “Emergency” management mode, which requires a 24/7 state of alarm, due to the COVID-19 outbreak as the toll in Turkey increased to a total of 649 on April 6. Answering to YetkinReport’s questions, the Minister said that the measures taken have started
The number of COVID-19-related causalities has reached to 574 and number of infected people to 27,069 as of April 5, according to the Turkish Health Ministry.Turkish main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the center-left Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been criticizing President Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government because of not taking necessary
Turkish opposition Good Party (GP) leader Meral Akşener has criticized the donation campaign launched by President Erdoğan over his donation campaign that gathered some 550 million liras, roughly $83 million dollars in three days against the Covid-19 outbreak, questioning whether the state could not possess such an amount of money to spend on its citizens.
The outbreak is, without a doubt, a medical issue. In its early stages, we can win the fight against it by taking preventive and protective measures, so it doesn’t spread. But both scientific data and previous examples in history show that COVID-19 is not only a medical issue. It shakes every aspect of life, be
It was December 2019. The first known coronavirus-related cases began to appear around a seafood market in Wuhan, an 11 million city in China. Four cases became dozens by the end of December. Doctors only knew that these were patients with virus-induced pneumonia who did not respond to normal treatment protocols. In fact, the real
Turkish president Tayyip Erdoğan’s address to nation following the cabinet meeting was much awaited. Because responsible scientists from not only Turkey but also across the globe were speculating that the coronavirus has started to spread fast in Turkey, even surpassing Italy’s rate at the beginning. Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who appeared on Fox TV
The most important factor in delaying the Tokyo Olympic Games was the World Health Organization’s (WHO) warning to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the coronavirus outbreak would continue to be a global risk in July-August. This statement also means that the coronavirus outbreak is likely to continue threatening the world for longer than previously