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A security guard wearing a protective face mask and a visor checks the body temperature of a customer at the entrance of the spice market, also known as the Egyptian Bazaar, as it reopens after weeks of the close doors amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
A security guard checks the body temperature of a customer at the entrance of the spice market, also known as the Egyptian Bazaar, as it reopens after weeks of the close doors amid the spread of the coronavirus, in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 1, 2020. (Reuters)

New measures needed as coronavirus makes comeback in Turkey, says Erdogan

Reuters, Istanbul

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the government needed to ramp up measures to curb a rise in coronavirus cases, which have increased in recent weeks back to early-May levels.

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Turkey has recorded more than 7,000 deaths from the COVID-19 disease, which was first diagnosed in the country in March.

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Ankara in recent weeks banned weddings and other events, and limiting the number of passengers allowed on public transport.

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