Turkey announces additional measures against COVID-19

ANKARA

While the number of cases of coronavirus in Turkey is moving upward, the country is taking additional steps to fight the outbreak, said Turkey’s health minister on Monday.

"Turkey has new cases of coronavirus, with analyses of their samples continuing, and the numbers will be announced later today," Fahrettin Koca told a press conference in the capital Ankara.

"The number of COVID-19 labs nationwide will be boosted to 16, and diagnosis kits will be sent to all cities," he added.

Koca also announced that Turkey made additions to its flight ban list, with flights now banned to the U.K.,