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Fahrettîn Koca
COVID-19
Health minister says no need for concern over Eris variant
The new variant will be discussed by scientists but there is no need for the public to discuss it, according to Koca.
20 September 2023
Criticism arises over exclusion of Kurdish in e-prescription system
The system used by healthcare professionals is now available in five additional languages besides Turkish. MPs question why Kurdish is not among them.
28 August 2023
Surge in measles cases 'not an outbreak,' says health minister
Eighty-six percent of the new cases were in İstanbul, Minister Koca has revealed, citing immigration as a contributing factor to the increase in measles cases.
4 July 2023
Türkiye has found 5 monkeypox cases, says minister
Four of the patients have recovered and there is no risk of an epidemic, according to Minister Koca.
2 August 2022
Daily Covid cases in Turkey increase 40-fold, says health minister
The minister did not disclose the number of cases and deaths for the last week while noting that hospitalizations have not increased as much as the infectivity.
19 July 2022
Turkey reports first monkeypox case
Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced that the 37-year-old patient is currently isolated and no other case has been detected in contact tracing.
30 June 2022
Turkey lifts Covid mask mandate except for hospitals
“After this much experience, we may keep our masks with us in crowded places,” the minister of health has said.
30 May 2022
Turkey's active Covid cases dropped below zero due to 'synchronization error,' says minister
The problem had been there since April 14 and was noticed when the number of active cases dropped below zero, Minister Koca has said.
2 May 2022
COVID-19 MEASURES TO EASE
Turkey’s Health Minister says ‘summer without masks is coming’
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said that the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board “will make important decisions, including the use of masks at schools, next week.”
15 April 2022
Indoor mask mandate in Turkey will continue a few more months, says health minister
The government lifted the outdoor mask mandate at the start of March and coronavirus cases have been on the decrease.
4 April 2022
Ahead of 2-day strike in healthcare: ‘We are here, we don’t go anywhere’
Healthcare workers will be on strike today, on March 14 Doctor’s Day, and tomorrow. Before this country-wide two-day strike, they protested in İstanbul’s Kadıköy and also addressed Health Minister Fahrettin Koca’s letter to physicians.
14 March 2022
Turkey lifts outdoor mask mandate, contact tracing code requirement
"We are not removing masks from our lives, we carry them with us to wear when necessary," Minister Koca has said.
2 March 2022
Turkey to use molnupiravir in Covid treatment
The use of the antiviral drug will start next week, Minister Koca has said.
3 February 2022
WEEKLY CASES
COVID-19 | Highest increase in cases seen in Bingöl, İstanbul, Eskişehir
Health Minister Koca has shared the map of weekly coronavirus cases per 100 thousand people by provinces: The highest increase in cases was recorded in Bingöl, İstanbul, Eskişehir, Muğla, Gümüşhane, Kırklareli, İzmir, Yalova, Ankara and Karabük.
17 January 2022
COVID-19
Turkey's Health Ministry reduces quarantine period for positive cases to 7 days
While Turkey has recently reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Koca has released a statement after the Coronavirus Science Board meeting and announced that the quarantine period for positive cases will be 7 days.
6 January 2022
Turkey confirms over 36,000 new Covid cases as Omicron spreads
The number of daily cases jumped from low 20,000s to over 36,000 within a few days while there has been no increase in hospitalizations, according to the minister of health.
30 December 2021
Omicron variant makes up over 10 percent of new cases in Turkey, says minister
Minister Koca has called on people to get booster shots.
27 December 2021
Turkey's domestic Covid vaccine granted emergency approval
Common use of Turkovac is expected to start before the end of this year, the minister of health has said.
23 December 2021
OMICRON VARIANT
Health minister: New variants not unexpected, no need to worry
While the Omicron variant is more contagious, there is no finding that it causes a more severe illness and the existing vaccines can be effective against it, Minister Koca has said.
2 December 2021
Minister: Turkey hasn't detected Omicron variant yet, not considering lockdown
The BioNTech company will announce within a week or two whether a new vaccine is needed for the Omicron variant, Minister Koca has said.
1 December 2021
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Favipiravir drug now optional in Covid-19 treatment in Turkey
Doctors have questioned the efficacy of the drug that Turkey has been using since the start of the pandemic.
25 November 2021
COVID-19
Turkey now offers booster shots for people aged 18 and over
Addressing the public after the Science Board Meeting, Health Minister Koca has announced that everyone aged 18 and over and vaccinated with the second dose of BioNTech’s vaccine at least six month ago can get an appointment for the third dose.
11 November 2021
COVID-19 IN TURKEY
Vaccination of children aged younger than 12 ‘not on Turkey’s agenda’
Minister of Health Koca has said, “We have got the first results of random PCR tests at schools. The scan has revealed that the rate among the children in school age is not very high unlike society.”
3 November 2021
Parliamentary questions on assistant physicians’ work conditions left unanswered
Five different Parliamentary questions addressed to Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca about the working conditions of assistant physicians have been left unanswered.
26 October 2021
HEALTH MINISTER
COVID-19 in Turkey | ‘Over half of active cases are younger than 30’
Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has released a written statement following the meeting of the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board, announcing that “a third dose is not necessary for the ones who have received two doses of an mRNA vaccine.”
7 October 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
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Minister: Turkey fully vaccinates over 68 percent of adult population
More than a half of the country's population is now fully vaccinated, according to Minister Koca.
22 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 MINISTER KOCA
‘Those vaccinated with 3 doses account for less than 2 percent of all cases’
It is expected that those who received two doses of mRNA vaccines would need a booster shot 5-6 months after they got the second dose, Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said in a written statement after the Science Board meeting.
9 September 2021
HEALTH MINISTER SAYS
‘Mu variant’ in Turkey
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that two people have been diagnosed with the “Mu variant” of coronavirus in Turkey, noting that for the time being, the Ministry is not planning to introduce additional measures.
7 September 2021
Minister: 90 percent of hospitalized Covid patients in Turkey not fully vaccinated
More than 80 percent of the active cases and 90 percent of those who died of Covid-19 were not fully vaccinated, Minister Koca has said.
3 September 2021
COVID-19
Turkey’s Health Minister asks citizens: What happened to us?
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has raised concerns about the increase in the number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in Turkey: “As things stand, we will have at least 335 thousand new cases and 4 thousand new deaths in two weeks.”
2 September 2021
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