Turkey announces first Coronavirus case

Turkey announced yesterday its first Corona virus case, a man who had recently travelled to Europe and is in good health. Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a television broadcast that the test of a patient suspected of carrying the Corona virus returned positive. 

He added that the man was likely to have contracted COVID-19 while travelling in Europe, but declined to say which country or where in Turkey the patient had been hospitalized. The



Minister also called on Turkish citizens to avoid travelling abroad if possible.

Turkey has announced several measures in recent weeks to try and stop the virus reaching the country, including thermal cameras at airports, cancelling flights to affected countries and closing its border with Iran. Hospitals in Istanbul and the capital Ankara have been set up to test and quarantine patients suspected of having the virus.