Turkey admits to excluding asymptomatic Covid- 19 cases from official data
Turkish Medical Association accuses the government of concealing the facts after data from test centres shows infections twenty times higher than official figures
01 October 2020 - 17:24
Ankara — Turkey stopped announcing all of its coronavirus cases months ago and has instead been disclosing only the number of “patients” who test positive and show symptoms.
Health minister Fahrettin Koca acknowledged the change on Wednesday, as he responded to an opposition legislator’s claims that the government has been vastly understating the number of Covid-19 infections. His remarks outraged medical groups who have accused the government of fuelling the country’s outbreak...
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