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Turkey's COVID-19 death toll 340

as lockdown sets in

Women attend the funeral as workers dig new graves for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at
Kilyos cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec 10, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

ISTANBUL: Turkey logged 340 coronavirus-related deaths and 25,980 new cases
in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Sunday, the third day of a
nationwide lockdown, including curfews, closed schools and many shuttered
businesses.

Turkey ranks fourth globally in daily cases based on a seven-day average,

according to a Reuters tally, down from second briefly last month.

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After easing measures in early March, President Tayyip Erdogan's government

reversed course as infections surged to record highs. Turkey had a record 394
virus-related deaths on Friday, though new cases have dropped since Apr 21.

Erdogan and other government officials faced criticism in February and March
for a holding party congress with thousands crowded indoors and also for
attending a funeral, after which Health Minister Fahrettin Koca apologised.
 According to state broadcaster TRT, Erdogan attended another funeral on
Sunday for a mayor's father who died after a coronavirus infection. Video
footage showed him surrounded by dozens of people with masks outside an
Istanbul mosque, prompting criticism on social media.

Under rules of the 17-day lockdown, funerals are to be held with fewer than 10
people who keep social distance.

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