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Turkey to open temporary hospitals as COVID-19 cases soar
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- 07 April, 2020
- 09:13
Turkey will establish two new hospitals with a capacity of 1,000 beds each in Istanbul to aid in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Monday.
According to Erdoğan, one of the hospitals will be built in Atatürk Airport located in the Yeşilköy district on the city’s European side, while the other in Sancaktepe on the Asian side within the next 45 days, according to the local media.
So far, Turkey reported over 30,000 COVID-19 cases, resulting in more than 600 deaths and 1,326 recoveries.
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