Turkey quarantines umrah pilgrims
Police securing an area where Turkish citizens repatriated from the umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia are to be placed in quarantine in university dormitories outside Ankara yesterday, as part of measures to limit the spread of Covid-19. – AFP pic, March 16, 2020.
TURKEY yesterday quarantined thousands of pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, officials said, as the country recorded a dozen more coronavirus cases. The total number of confirmed incidents in more than 80 million strong Turkey has reached 18, with 12 new cases – two related to the first case, seven from Europe and three from the United States, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.
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