The number of cases has reached 86,306 with 3,977 new cases.

Releasing a statement, İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicated, “62 arrestees and convicts having the symptoms of the disease have been isolated in hospitals. Still under medical examination, they are in good health.”

An access block has been imposed on the Independent Turkish news website as per the administrative measure implemented by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK).

According to a recent report by İzmir Bar Association, refugees held in Harmandalı Removal Center have indicated that the ones having a fever are given medicine to reduce their fever, but they are not isolated in a separate place or room.

The Health Ministry has confirmed 121 deaths and 3,783 new Covid-19 cases in a day.

Health Minister Koca has announced that 4,353 new cases of Covid-19 were found and 126 people died in a day.

The ministry previously blocked donation accounts of the municipalities for illegally launching a donation campaign.

Noting that “the free flow of news and information is more essential than ever amid pandemic,” the IPI is documenting media freedom violations by region. While six violations were reported from Turkey in March, there have been two violations in April so far.

Thousands of workers have lost their income due to forced unpaid leaves and halt of production and services, the report says.

Underlining that 17-year-old prisoner Ali Erdoğan may have been killed or driven to death, HDP İzmir MP Kemalbay has raised concerns over the policy of impunity for the violations of rights committed in prisons.

46 bar associations across Turkey, including İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Antalya and Diyarbakır bar associations, have made a joint call to take the debates on a possible amnesty for child abuse off the country’s agenda.

Constitutional Court has rejected HDP Group Deputy Chair Danış-Beştaş’s application regarding the violations of rights committed in Şırnak’s Cizre during the period of curfews on the ground of lack of venue and not exhausting all legal remedies.

Defending the government's decision to not impose a full lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic, Kalın has said, "Talking about the economy may seem irrelevant or inhuman to some. But the fact is that life must go on somehow."

Working in textile for 15 years, Türkan is one of those who cannot stay home: “It is like we, workers, would save the country from the outbreak. It is as if the country would collapse, if they halted constructions and textile for three months…”

Kaos GL Association has called on the Chair of Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to apologize to the LGBTI+ community and put an end to censorship. “Keep your hands off from the LGBTI+s,” the association has said in a written statement.

The request for release of arrested journalists Ferhat Çelik, Aydın Keser, Barış Pehlivan, Barış Terkoğlu, Hülya Kılınç and Murat Ağırel has been rejected. Çelik and Keser are not mentioned by name in the judgement.

Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has documented the impacts of Covid-19 on its members in a report. While the production has been halted in 47 workplaces, over 51 thousand members have been directly affected by the outbreak.

Since yesterday's update, 125 people have died and 4,801 new cases have been found.

While the outbreak has been slightly declining in the most-affected countries of the region, cases have been increasing in other countries, the WHO has stated.

Dismissed from their jobs at the Limak Holding’s construction of Kuwait Airport due to coronavirus outbreak, workers demand their dismissal compensation and want to return home to their families in Turkey.