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EĞİTİM-SEN UNION

‘1,636 classrooms closed in a week in Turkey due to COVID-19’

The Education and Science Laborers Union has released a statement about the ongoing in-class education amid the pandemic: “The number of close contacts / positive cases is 827 among teachers and 4,681 among students.”

4 October 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 in Turkey: 194 deaths, over 27 thousand cases in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that nearly 350 thousand tests were conducted, 27,351 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 194 people died of the disease and 173,855 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

4 October 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey reports over 29 thousand coronavirus cases in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 355 thousand tests were conducted, 29,386 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 227 people died of the disease and 395,108 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

30 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTER KOCA

‘One fourth of Turkey’s active COVID-19 cases in the 0-17 age group’

Turkey’s Health Minister Koca has announced that the average number of active cases is 400 thousand and 25 percent of them are among the people aged 0 to 17.

29 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey’s daily coronavirus cases near 29 thousand again

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 356 thousand tests were conducted, 28,892 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 239 people died of the disease and 428,209 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

29 September 2021

1,736 classrooms closed across Turkey due to COVID-19, says union

The Education and Science Laborers Union (Eğitim-Sen) has raised concerns about the increasing COVID-19 cases among students and teachers, calling on the Ministry of Education to swiftly take measures to prevent closure of classrooms.

28 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 | Turkey’s daily cases on the increase again

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 353 thousand tests were conducted, 27,188 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 206 people died of the disease and 465,498 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

28 September 2021

COVID-19 AND SCHOOLS

‘One cleaning worker per 800-850 students’ amid in-class education

The İstanbul no. 3 Branch of the Eğitim-Sen union has said that there are no care attendants in 7 schools in Şişli, Beyoğlu, Beşiktaş, Kağıthane and Sarıyer while there is a single cleaning worker for 800-850 students in several other schools.

27 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey reports 228 coronavirus deaths in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 340 thousand tests were conducted, 25,861 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 and 228 people died of the disease in a day. Over 107 million vaccine doses have been administered so far.

27 September 2021

INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED

Parents file criminal complaint ‘because their baby given COVID-19 vaccine by mistake’

A family in İzmir say that their baby was given Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine instead of an Hepatitis B vaccine at a family medicine center. Their lawyer Dilek Güzel has made a statement about the criminal complaint filed by the family about the incident.

24 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 | Slightly over 400 thousand vaccine shots, nearly 28 thousand cases in day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 350 thousand tests were conducted, 27,844 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 217 people died of the disease and 400,962 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

24 September 2021

SCIENCE BOARD MEETING

‘Increase in Turkey’s coronavirus cases is nearing limits hard to control’

Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has addressed the public after the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board meeting. He has argued that the situation at schools amid in-class education is not alarming, adding that “education is proceeding positively.”

23 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 | 242 deaths, over 28 thousand cases in Turkey in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 350 thousand tests were conducted, 28,168 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 242 people died of the disease and 426,502 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

23 September 2021

COVID-19

Council of Higher Education: Over 88 percent of lecturers fully vaccinated

YÖK Chair Prof. Erol Özvar has announced that 88.56 percent of the lecturers across Turkey have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

22 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey’s daily cases top 29 thousand for the first time in months

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 350 thousand tests were conducted, 29,338 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 260 people died of the disease and 455,001 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

22 September 2021

IN-CLASS EDUCATION AMID PANDEMIC

‘COVID-19 cases detected in 872 schools, 774 classrooms closed’

The Education and Science Laborers’ Union (Eğitim-Sen) raises concerns that schools’ poor physical infrastructure has not been improved, the lack of teachers has not been eliminated and additional classrooms have not been built.

21 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey reports 231 coronavirus deaths, over 27 thousand cases in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 340 thousand tests were conducted, 27,688 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 231 people died of the disease and 500,311 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

21 September 2021

IN THE US FOR UN SESSION

Erdoğan: Islamophobia is as dangerous as coronavirus

Having arrived in New York to attend the UN General Assembly's 76th session, President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan made a speech at an event organized by the Turkish American National Steering Committee.

20 September 2021

‘57 pharmacists, 20 pharmacy workers died during the pandemic’

Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic, İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists’ Chair Cenap Sarıalioğlu said, “We went through such a process that no one had ever experienced something like this or no executive could ever imagine it.”

20 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 | Turkey reports 213 deaths, over 26 thousand cases in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that nearly 340 thousand tests were conducted, 26,398 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 213 people died of the disease and 216,856 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

20 September 2021

COVID-19

Case numbers by provinces: İstanbul and Ankara on the increase

The provinces with the highest number of COVID-19 cases are Rize, Elazığ and Trabzon. The highest increase in the number of cases has been witnessed in Kilis, Erzincan and Malatya. There has been a drop in the number of cases in İzmir.

17 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey’s daily coronavirus cases top 28 thousand again

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 340 thousand tests were conducted, 28,118 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 262 people died of the disease and 494,127 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

17 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

Turkey reports over 28 thousand coronavirus cases in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 340 thousand tests were conducted, 28,224 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 248 people died of the disease and 525,195 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

16 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 | Turkey’s daily cases near 28 thousand for the first time in months

The Ministry of Health has announced that nearly 335 thousand tests were conducted, 27,802 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 276 people died of the disease and 570,009 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

15 September 2021

REPORT

Women healthcare workers amid pandemic: ‘Neither gratitude nor violence’

The Clean Clothes Campaign Association has prepared a report analyzing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers through the lens of gender.

14 September 2021

COVID-19 | İstanbul’s interactive risk map now online

With the drawings of cartoonist Kemal Gökhan Gürses, an interactive COVID-19 risk map has been prepared for İstanbul.

14 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 | Turkey’s daily cases top 24 thousand again

The Ministry of Health has announced that nearly 320 thousand tests were conducted, 24,613 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 231 people died of the disease and 682,949 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

14 September 2021

İSİG REPORT

At least 1,209 workers died of COVID-19 in 18 months

According to a report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch, at least 1,209 workers lost their lives due to COVID-19 as of the 18th month of the outbreak. While 106 of the deceased workers were women, 1,103 were men.

13 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

243 coronavirus deaths, over 21 thousand cases in Turkey in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 310 thousand tests were conducted, 21,352 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 243 people died of the disease and 780,742 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

13 September 2021

'Delta and Mu variants need to be monitored closely'

The pandemic may end within nine months but vaccination and measures should continue, according to doctors from KLİMİK.

10 September 2021

HEALTH MINISTRY DATA

COVID-19 | Turkey reports 23,846 cases, 257 deaths in a day

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 314 thousand tests were conducted, 23,846 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 257 people died of the disease and 685,318 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

10 September 2021

COVID-19

First week of in-class education in Turkey: Are measures adequate?

After an interval of almost two years, schools reopened for in-class education in Turkey this week. We have talked to students and their parents. They are concerned about the risks amid the pandemic as well as additional expenses.

9 September 2021 Ceren Bala Teke