Turkey to build two hospitals in Istanbul with 1,000 bed capacity each amid coronavirus pandemic
A masked man walks across the Galata Bridge in Istanbul during the 2020 global coronavirus pandemic.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said following a virtual cabinet meeting that each of the hospitals would be on either side of the province divided by the Bosphorus Strait with one side in Europe and the other in Asia.He added that Turkish health care system surpassed the "important threshold" of 20,000 daily coronavirus tests.
Erdogan said local officials had begun distribution efforts, adding that the sale of masks is prohibited in the country.
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