The Ministry of Health continues to report record-high numbers of new cases as Omicron spreads.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 435 thousand tests were conducted, 93,261 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 182 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

According to the Health Ministry data on the number of COVID-19 cases per 100 thousand people by provinces in the week of January 15-21, the number of cases was 1,245.73 in İstanbul while it was 729.81 in İzmir and 725.62 in Ankara.

A family of four was affected by the carbon monoxide leaking from the heating stove at their house in Antalya’s Serik. While the father and five-year-old daughter were hospitalized, the mother and 1-year-old baby lost their lives.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 428 thousand tests were conducted, 88,145 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 189 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

The İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers has made a statement about the collapse of the cargo terminal’s roof at the 3rd Airport: “It has turned out that the roof was built without necessary calculations and measures.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 424 thousand tests were conducted, 82,180 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 174 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

After ratifying the Paris Agreement, Turkey should now set a coal phase out date, says HEAL.

The Youth for Climate Turkey team has launched a petition demanding that Turkey take realistic and genuine steps towards achieving its 2053 decarbonization target: “In order to do this, it is crucial that our country announces it will phase out coal by 2030.”

Savaş Malkoç, the Secretary General of the Pharmaceutical Industry Employers’ Union, says that the exchange rate of Euro used in pricing medications should be fixed at 6.40 lira with an increase of 40 percent and another update should be made in 2022.

While the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced the rent increase rate as 19.60 percent, house owners do not recognize this rate as rents have seen a 200-percent increase in some neighborhoods, causing fears for a housing crisis in cities.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 416 thousand tests were conducted, 77,434 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 188 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

Heavy snowfall and blizzards have disrupted transportation in the city since the start of the week.

While the Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport were mostly open to air traffic except for a few minor problems during the snowfall in İstanbul, the recently constructed İstanbul Airport, one of the mega projects, was severely affected. But why?

The TTB has called on people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, underlining that associating the omicron variant with the expectation for a mild disease is a misconception and the vast majority of deaths have occurred in the past six months.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 418 thousand tests were conducted, 76,341 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 174 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

All flights have been canceled at İstanbul Airport since yesterday. Passengers had to sleep on cardboards. Riot police have been deployed as tourists started chanting slogans.

The number of child abuse cases increased in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır recently. We spoke to experts about the issue.

Amid heavy snowfall in İstanbul, İstanbul Airport has been closed until 1 pm and Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen Airports until 4 am today, January 25. Entries to İstanbul through the TEM highway from Anatolia and Thrace have also been stopped.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 401 thousand tests were conducted, 67,023 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 156 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.