Turkey to impose new COVID-19 measures to curb virus spread

The country’s interior ministry earlier issued a circular to all 81 provinces which focuses on the issues of risk management, social isolation, social distancing, controlling the spread of the virus, hygiene, the use of masks, and possible risks. (File/AFP)
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Updated 19 October 2020
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Turkey to impose new COVID-19 measures to curb virus spread

  • Committees in charge with Turkey’s COVID-19 mitigation strategy will meet next week

DUBAI: Turkey will impose new coronavirus measures amid rising infections across the country, local daily Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The country’s interior ministry earlier issued a circular to all 81 provinces which focuses on the issues of risk management, social isolation, social distancing, controlling the spread of the virus, hygiene, the use of masks, and possible risks.
Turkey recorded 1,815 new coronavirus infections and 1,504 recoveries in the past 24 hours. It also confirmed the death of 72 people, taking the death toll to 9,296.
Committees in charge with Turkey’s COVID-19 mitigation strategy will meet next week to discuss topics of tracking, supervision and warnings, the interior ministry.
“The new measures should follow the committees’ meetings, but no date was given for their announcement,” the report said.


Israel destroys Khamenei’s underground bunker in Tehran now being used as shelter by Iranian leaders

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Israel destroys Khamenei’s underground bunker in Tehran now being used as shelter by Iranian leaders

  • Israel’s military said 50 aircraft targeted the secret underground complex

DUBAI: Israel has destroyed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s underground bunker in Tehran, which is still used by senior Iranian officials after his assassination, Israeli media reported on Friday.

Israel’s military said 50 aircraft targeted the secret underground complex, spread over several blocks in the heart of Tehran, with over 100 munitions after receiving surveillance and intelligence reports, Jerusalem Post reported.

Some Iranian leaders were inside the subterranean complex when it was destroyed, Israeli media said.

There were numerous entrances to the secret subterranean complex, which was one of the critical command centers from which Khamenei and others often ran the country during a crisis, Jerusalem Post reported.

Israel’s military said Friday morning it had begun “a broad-scale wave of strikes” on Tehran, Iran’s capital.

Witnesses described the Israeli airstrikes as particularly intense, shaking homes in the area. Others reported explosions around the Iranian city of Kermanshah in an area that is home to multiple missile bases.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday that “some countries” had begun mediation efforts in the conflict, without elaborating.